Given that in the Cook Islands for most couples the principal bread winner remains the husband, there is a real concern that current law provides women with inadequate property protections in the event of the death of her husband.
鉴于库克群岛的大部分夫妻中，丈夫依然是主要的经济支柱，人们担忧现行法律规定未能在妇女丧偶后在财产上给予妇女充分的保护。