(Australia) The court considered the treatment of a lottery win within consideration of ancillary relief on divorce. The parties had only lived together for 14 months, and both had worked throughout.
Held: Though a mathematical approach would not normally be appropriate, here, and in view of the brevity of the relationship, each should take away what they had themselves brought to the marriage.
Judges:
Baker J
Citations:
(1981) FLC 91-093
Cited by:
Cited – S v AG (Financial Remedy: Lottery Prize) FD 14-Oct-2011
The court considered how to treat a lottery win of andpound;500,000 in the context of an ancillary relief application on a divorce.
Held: The answers in such cases must be fact specific. ‘In the application of the sharing principle (as opposed . .
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Commonwealth, Family
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.445480