Although couple apart for six years, both get lottery winnings

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fja — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:38:08 GMT

RJ- I've always said that a marriage should be like a ten year contract with a option out after 5 years based on a 60 written notice....Clean and without penalty!P.S. I was born and raised in good ole San Antonio.

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RJOh — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:29:45 GMT

Politicians are spending a lot of times these days trying amend our laws to define what a marriage is, maybe their time could be better spent defining what a marriage is not. Ohio did away with common law marriages years ago and I thought most other states had also. I spent the last six months of my active military duty at Fort Sam in '67 and never married. Sounds like if I ever won a lottery jackpot, somebody old lady from Texas that I might have spoken to 35 yrs ago could file for a divorce... [ More ]

Although couple apart for six years, both get lottery winnings

Lottery Post — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:25:21 GMT

A San Antonio man and his common-law wife who have been estranged for six years face the prospect of splitting an $800,000 winning lottery ticket.Herman Mancillas and Patricia Trinidad likely will divide the winnings evenly when formal divorce proceedings take place in a few weeks. They broke off their relationship in 1997.Trinidad, 39, sued to split the money from last year's winning lottery ticket because the couple had not divorced. I'm just happy to be divorced, Trinidad told the San Antoni... [ More ]