Financial infidelity refers to the act of withholding important financial information, such as debts, expenses, income, or assets, from one's partner in an attempt to deceive or control the couple's financial situation. This can include secret bank accounts, hidden investments or holdings of cryptocurrencies. This phenomenon can have serious consequences particularly during divorce.
If hidden accounts are discovered, this can, depending on the country, have various legal consequences such as a tax audit but also prosecution for fraud, etc...
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/20/bitcoin-in-divorce-how-spouses-hide-assets-crypto-hunters-find-them.htmlIn the case, DiMichael said, the husband had a Ledger and then the wife found the device in the house and took it. “So the wife had the Ledger, but she didn’t know the pin number, or password. And the husband — he knew the pin number, but he didn’t have the Ledger.”
Neither could access the funds without the cooperation of the other.
I think that in France, there aren't many cases in which one spouse seeks out the other's coins, and therefore no real specialist, like the one in this CNBC article.
In France, there are different types of marriage contracts, and in some cases, it's not mandatory to split the assets acquired during the marriage (depending on the contract).
How does this work in your country, and what would you do with your coins in the event of a divorce?
From the cases described I did not quite understand the one where the wife found the Ledger. I got that she could not access the coins because she did not have the pin code and password but what was the problem for the husband he could still use his seed phrase to access his coins and move them to another address if needed.
Іn any case it was proof during the divorce that the husband had assets half of which he would need to give to his wife. No one wants to think about the possibility of divorce when everything is going well but unfortunately divorces happen quite often and maybe it is something worth considering in advance. Still I believe it is important to have trust in a family and hiding something from your wife is already a sign of possible problems leading to divorce.