The wisdom of Solomon or spite?

I'm going to go ahead and guess spite on this one:

A Serb farmer used a grinding machine to cut in half his farm tools and machines to comply with a court ruling that he must share all his property with his ex-wife, local media reported on Thursday.

Branko Zivkov, 76, told Belgrade daily Kurir he had been ready to give his wife Vukadinka her equal share of everything earned during their 45-year marriage, but was furious at being asked to give away half his farming equipment.

Instead, he bought a grinder and cut in two all his tools, including large items such as cattle scales, a harrow and a sowing machine.

You know, if you just gave her half of the equipment in working order, you'd still be able to do at least half of your farming chores. Now, you won't be able to do any of them, and you'll probably starve to death.

That'll show her!