(Mishnah): For the following people, any ownerless items that they find go to their father/ master/ husband - young children, Canaanite slaves, slave women and one's wife.

The following people may keep found items for themselves...adult children, Jewish slaves, maidservants and one's ex-wife.

(Gemara - R. Yochanan): Adult children who are not being supported by their father may keep items that they find; otherwise, the items go to their father.

Raish Lakish: Even if his father supports him, he may keep the items.

R. Yasa: This was not explicitly said by R. Shimon (ben Lakish); rather, it was deduced from his question against the Beraisa of R. Hoshiyah...

Beraisa: One who hires a worker to perform all tasks needed, his found items go to his employer.

Question (Raish Lakish): If a worker is able to retract on his employment, do his found items go to his employer?

Question: What is the difference between Jewish and Canaanite slaves/slave women?

Answer (R. Yochanan): Regarding Jewish slaves, since he cannot change their employment (such as telling them to collect ownerless items), they keep their found items; however, regarding Canaanite slaves, since he can change their employment, their found items go to their master.

Question (against R. Yochanan): A man cannot change his wife's tasks, but the Mishnah nevertheless teaches (in Maseches Kesuvos) - A husband can force his wife to produce woollen garments but he cannot force to do other tasks. If so, according to R. Yochanan, why does her husband keep items that she finds?

Answer (R. Ba bar Mina/ R. Yasa citing R. Yochanan): There is another reason for a wife (that her husband keeps the items).

Question: What is the other reason?

Answer (R. Chagai): To prevent disharmony.

R. Yaysa: So that she will not take her husband's items and then claim that she found them.

Question: They only prohibited an item (with witnesses - where there is no concern that she might have stolen them from her husband ) because of an item (without witnesses).

The Mishnah taught that a divorced women keeps her found items.

R. Yusana citing R. Acha: If a man divorced his wife and did not give her a Kesubah, he must still sustain her until he gives her the last peruta of money that he owes her.

Question (R. Yosi): Does our Mishnah not also teach this, that a divorcee's items belong to her?

Answer (R. Hoshiyah): Both are needed, so that you should not say that since he must sustain her until he pays her the last peruta of her Kesubah, he should receive her found items; therefore the Mishnah needed to teach (that she keeps them since there is no longer a concern for creating hatred between them).