GM and Edgar - let's look at a different way.  If you get divorced from your spouse, how much do they get?  50%.  Whether or not that spouse worked and brought in an income, they still get 50%.  I worked directly in the business and my wife worked behind the scenes, yet now she's not entitled to 50% of the business?  If we get divorced she gets 50% of the business, so why not 50% of the dividend now?

Fair is fair, right gm?  If you were a business owner, you would have realized how much your spouse did for your business and paid them accordingly.