Not the way to keep your wife from getting half of your lottery winnings
Posted by Mr. Thoughtful on May 30, 2008
Walter Olson at Overlawyered discusses a husband’s ineffective method of keeping his wife from finding out he won a share of a big lottery payoff:
Airline mechanic Arnim Ramdass, 52, allegedly “disconnected the phone line at home and forbade his stay-at-home wife, Donna Campbell, 48, to watch television, Campbell claims in a lawsuit. Eventually, however, she learned the truth: Ramdass, along with 16 other mechanics at Miami International Airport, had won a $19 million lottery jackpot.” (Martha Neil, “Wife Sues Husband for Share of Secret $600K Lottery Win”, ABA Journal, May 13).
Hat tip: http://overlawyered.com/tag/family-law/
The wife sued the husband for divorce soon after she discovered all this.
