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Divorce man 'wants kidney back'

Deadly Sushi

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Wow! She cheated on him and he gave her his kidney! :mellow:




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Some divorce lawyers say a kidney is not a marital asset to be divided

A US man divorcing his wife is demanding that she return the kidney he donated to her or pay him $1.5m (£1m) in compensation.
Dr Richard Batista told reporters that he decided to go public because he was frustrated at the slow pace of divorce negotiations with his estranged wife.
He said he had not only given his heart to his wife, Dawnell, but donated his kidney to save her life.
But divorce lawyers say a donated organ is not a marital asset to be divided.
Dr Batista married Dawnell in 1990 and donated the kidney to her in 2001. She filed for divorce in 2005 and a settlement has still not been reached.
'Betrayal'
He told reporters at his lawyer's office in Long Island, New York, that going public was a last resort.

"There is no deeper pain that you can ever express than betrayal from somebody who you love and devoted your life to," he said. He said he had been prevented from seeing their three children for extended periods.
"I felt humiliated, betrayed, disrespected and disregarded for me as a person, as a man, as a husband, as a father."
Dr Batista's lawyer, Dominic Barbara, said his client was "asking for the value of the kidney" that he gave his wife.
A lawyer for Mrs Batista said: "The facts aren't as represented by Dr Batista. We will be addressing the issues before the judge within the next few days."
 

pirate_girl

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That's a sad story, but my God... honestly!!
Does he really expect her to give the kidney back??
This guy needs to understand what happened at that time was a sharing of love within their marriage.
She messed up. It's no time for him to be asking for the impossible, OR the ridiculously improbable.
I see him getting a sizable cash settlement.. maybe.
 

cowgirl

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He said he had been prevented from seeing their three children for extended periods.

How could you ask for your kidney back?????? I'm no doctor but I'm guessing without the kidney she would die. How would you explain that to your three kids. Sorry kids mommy died because I made her give back my kidney. I understand he is hurt and what she did was really wrong, but think about the kids.
 

pirate_girl

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How could you ask for your kidney back?????? I'm no doctor but I'm guessing without the kidney she would die. How would you explain that to your three kids. Sorry kids mommy died because I made her give back my kidney. I understand he is hurt and what she did was really wrong, but think about the kids.
I'd think it would be ethically impossible for any doctor to perform such a surgery.

This guy is thinking more about $$$ in his anger and not his own children.
Speaks volumes of the type of individual he is.
 
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