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12-05-2004, 06:40 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Money -- even $149 million -- can't buy you love.
Juan Rodriguez, who collected the huge windfall in the Mega Millions lottery last month, is now on the outs with his wife, the New York Post reported Saturday. Iris Rodriguez wants a divorce from her husband of 17 years, and she filed the paperwork just 10 days after Juan bought the winning ticket on November 19.
Iris Rodriguez is seeking a portion of her husband's huge lottery check, the Post said. Rodriguez, 49, opted to take his winnings in a single lump-sum payment of $88.5 million before taxes.
Although the couple appeared together at a news conference after Rodriguez matched the winning numbers, his wife had previously given him the boot over his financial difficulties.
Rodriguez had filed for bankruptcy a month before his lottery win, and court papers showed he had just 78 cents in a savings account and owed $44,000 to creditors.
The Colombian immigrant bought the winning ticket at a store near the midtown Manhattan parking lot where he worked double shifts as an attendant, earning about $28,000 a year.
source (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/04/lottery.winner.divorce.ap/index.html)
it "appears" by the story that this couple had split before the man won the money, in fact the wife kicked him out because he had money problems.
Now forgetting any personal arrangements made between couples, should the law be that either is entitled to earnings made before or after a split.
i am looking for opinions as to what should be...not an explaination of how it is
My opinion is that everything earned during the marriage/living together should be split by law...before and after is upto the couple
Juan Rodriguez, who collected the huge windfall in the Mega Millions lottery last month, is now on the outs with his wife, the New York Post reported Saturday. Iris Rodriguez wants a divorce from her husband of 17 years, and she filed the paperwork just 10 days after Juan bought the winning ticket on November 19.
Iris Rodriguez is seeking a portion of her husband's huge lottery check, the Post said. Rodriguez, 49, opted to take his winnings in a single lump-sum payment of $88.5 million before taxes.
Although the couple appeared together at a news conference after Rodriguez matched the winning numbers, his wife had previously given him the boot over his financial difficulties.
Rodriguez had filed for bankruptcy a month before his lottery win, and court papers showed he had just 78 cents in a savings account and owed $44,000 to creditors.
The Colombian immigrant bought the winning ticket at a store near the midtown Manhattan parking lot where he worked double shifts as an attendant, earning about $28,000 a year.
source (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/04/lottery.winner.divorce.ap/index.html)
it "appears" by the story that this couple had split before the man won the money, in fact the wife kicked him out because he had money problems.
Now forgetting any personal arrangements made between couples, should the law be that either is entitled to earnings made before or after a split.
i am looking for opinions as to what should be...not an explaination of how it is
My opinion is that everything earned during the marriage/living together should be split by law...before and after is upto the couple