What do you think?
 

Why these laws haven't changed is beyond me. I don't think this has been posted yet.

Depending on what kind of relationship they had I'm not sure if she deserves a single cent. If he treated her badly and was a fuck up for the 17 years they were married then yeah. It seems more like the poor guy was doing everything he could to get by and make her happy though and she just fucked him over. Poor guy worked double shifts to pay the bills and now he finally gets some luck thrown his way and she wants a portion of it.

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Yeah I agree that is fucked up how she can do that to him.

Note to self: Never get married.

^ Or get a pre-nup.

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The fact that they were seperated before his win will hopefully work in his favour.

Mr Mephisto

It actually might not work in his favor because then it doesn't look like she is just divorcing him for his money. They were obviously having marital problems and they would have gotten a divorce anyways, so the money had nothing to do with it (or so they will say)

Oh. I would have thought the opposite.

Greedy cow.


Mr Mephisto

Well it's not exactly like he'll miss a couple million.

He'll miss half of the 44 or so mil after tax. They are still married although separated. Say the poor bastard died (assuming he had life insurance) the wife would still get the payout even in they were seperated. Anna Nicole won this battle because ... eeeerr...they were married. Yeah they weren't seperated but in the eyes of the law it's the same. Still married ='s what's yours is mine and what's mine is mine for the wife in this case.

I think the laws on that are actually different here in Texas.

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^ Why?

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Why on Earth are all your posts spelt backwards?

It's very annoying.


Mr Mephisto

Not completely backwards, just the words. If it were completely backwards it would be easier to understand.

Anyway, since she had nothing to do with him earning the money she shouldn't get any of it. Its not like she supported him in his career and he earned it over a few years, its quite obvious why she broke it off when she did. Any judge should be able to see through this. If i were him i would try to find a way to postpone payment in any form until he can get a divorce pushed through. Maybe go and get a quicky divorce someplace.

NO, I don't think we do.

Anyways, if they were going to end up divorcing before he won, she doesn't deserve a goddamned cent.

ppl like that annoy me.. she has been with him for a while and now she sees a way out so she takes it.. but what stopped her from leaving before.. man that just gets me annoyed.. if u dont feel like being with some one then you just need to leave.. dont suffer or stay with someone cuz.. just for the hell of it.. .. aaawww.!!!!

This situaiton may be more complex than the simplistic responses that are coming out. It is quite posible that she deserves nothing, but I don't know that for sure, and I sure as hell can't make a judgement of her at this point. It is also possible that she was a saint and he was the prick who just happened to get very, very, very lucky one day. Again, I don't know.

However, legally, even with a prenup, the laws surrounding winfalls are different then those governing income or pre-existing omnetary holdings and, as such, she may LEGALLY have a fair claim to a chink of that money.

Besides, if it's $88 million, can he (or anyone else in this thread) actually say that thowing a couple million dollars her way to keep her happy (and AWAY) is such a hardship. Man, greed is sick, sick, sick master!

Peace,

Pierre

I'm not trying to read your posts. If you want to make them difficult to read, you're perfectly welcome to talk to yourself.

this has been dealt with. move on people...

Vox_rox is correct. You can't judge the character of these people based on this one newspaper article. They have seventeen years of history together. Sure, it's fun to speculate that she is the evil one. But you really can't assume anything.

If I won that kind of money, I'd give my wife 1/2 and kick her out......

Well, okay, mabye not

IMHO though it shouldn't matter which one of them was the evil bitch/bastard....they were separated at the time of the win, he used his last few cents to buy the ticket, and won. She's already gone.

I know the law doesn't care about that in many areas, but its what it SHOULD be.

I'd have her killed.

That crap happens all the time. The chick waits until he score big like the looto or gets a big promotion and then say, "I want half, Eddie!"

For that kind of money...she could step in front of a bus. :rolleyes:

"Headline say Eddie marries bush bitch!"

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