People who do not believe in the concept of love might think otherwise after reading this. A man, who is a resident of Detroit, a city in Michigan?bought a lottery ticket in 2013.?At the time, he and his wife had already been separated for two years. However, they were legally?still married. The divorce wasn't finalised until 2018.
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After winning the lottery, he was ordered to split the lottery with his ex-wife as he won the same in the middle of the divorce. Damn!
The Michigan appeals court says a marriage isn't over until all the pending formalities are completed. His ex-wife?Mary Beth will receive $15million that her ex-husband Rich Zelasko won.
Well we do not know what to say to her, feel good for the husband or happy for the wife.?
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In a court filing, an attorney for Rich Zelasko said, "Rich was lucky, but it was his luck, not Mary's, that produced the lottery proceeds." But arbitrator John Mills said the ticket was marital property. The couple had agreed to have Mills make certain decisions during the divorce case.
So, all in all there were no errors found in the the decision and may be Rich should keep his name as 'half rich' for sometime.