A woman who won a 2.1 million euro
lottery prize during a divorce has no obligation to share it with her
ex-husband, according to a Dutch court decision published on Tuesday.
The Amsterdam District Court ruling
said the couple had listed the shared assets they wished to divide at the time
they filed for divorce on October 20, 2014, though the divorce was not formally
granted until June 2015. The woman won the Post Code Lottery on New Year’s Day
2015.
The man had argued that he and his
estranged wife always played the lottery using shared household funds during
their 30-year marriage, and it should be included in their divorce settlement.
But the judge noted they had
separated their finances at least four years earlier when he went to live with
his new girlfriend. The woman paid for the winning ticket from her own bank
account.
“The above means that the prize won
did not belong to their joint assets and that the court will hold the prize
apart in its division of goods,” the written decision said. The ruling was made
on December 23 and published Tuesday.
The judge divided up the couple’s
other assets, which amounted to less than 10 000 euros in value.
SOURCE: Reuters
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