http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/four-siblings-in-court-fight-over-2m-lotto-cash-won-by-dad-day-before-he-died/story-e6freuzr-1226041344366
Due Monday May 9, 2011
With your new understanding of how the law and the court systems work, how do you think that the following case will be resolved? Who is entitled to the money? What factors do you think a judge will take into consideration? Are there any other parties to be considered?
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/four-siblings-in-court-fight-over-2m-lotto-cash-won-by-dad-day-before-he-died/story-e6freuzr-1226041344366 Due Monday May 9, 2011
19 Comments
Nick Collins
26/4/2011 02:12:35 pm
since thy are all children of the lucky man who won but then died sadly they should all share the prize money between themselves.
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Dimitri Sakiris
26/4/2011 03:33:26 pm
I completely agree with Nick.The children of Lajos Szanto should share the winnings.Lajos Szanto did not leave any evidence in the will to support the idead of the winnings getting shared.Nick is also correct as he pointed out that if a wife was involved,she would get the prize money.
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Aaron Noble
27/4/2011 01:55:51 am
I think the money should be shared equally between the siblings as I find it hard to prove who Lajos bought the ticket for; himself or to share. If it can be proven then it should go to Stephen as he was the one he was going to share it with.
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Jack Beedaman
27/4/2011 04:44:37 am
Well, had i be the judge, i would first check a few questions.
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eoin montford
28/4/2011 12:50:00 pm
First of all why would you care about the money when you have just lost your father? that doesn't make sense to me.
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Emily Carroll
29/4/2011 03:59:50 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNm1rJ1qv3g
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Kim Son Kee
1/5/2011 02:10:27 pm
If you won that much money in a lotto wouldn't you share it with your family anyway. I don't see why it's such a big deal and dragging your siblings to a court case is the last thing you think you would need after the death of the father. Therefore I think they should split it I mean a little money is better then nothing then everyone can get over it. There is enough tension as it is in this family from what I see. A four way split would be $454,545.455 which isn't bad it's quite reasonable. Besides there is no real evidence so this is what I think the Judge should do.
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Catherine Finucane
2/5/2011 10:23:25 am
I think more evidence will need to be made present in this case. I agree with Jack in his saying that, if one of his children is entitled to a percentage of the father's assets they get that percentage of the money won. However, no will seems to have been made so the siblings should split the money evenly between themselves. Also I don't think that the sister Christina and husband James should get anymore than the others just because Lajos lived with them.
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william Brooking
3/5/2011 01:50:21 pm
i think the owners of the house the father was living in deserve a more then the others of the winnings and it depends on what it says about his money in the will other wise it should go towards his funeral or to his wife
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charlyn agius
7/5/2011 07:11:30 am
Everyone makes very good points. Firstly i agree with eoin, your father has just died and all you can think about is money. They should firstly use the money to pay for all the funeral arrangements and then spilt it. As jack suggested, before they spilt it they would have to see the mans assets and who owns them now that he has passed away and if one sibling gets more of a percentage than the others, but if there was no mention to this it should be divided equally. Nick also makes a good point saying that if the wife was involved all the money should go to her and she could do whatever she wanted i.e spilt it between the kids
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Mia Power
8/5/2011 02:36:21 pm
i think that if the man had a wife, she would be entitled to the money, as all of his assets would go to her to start off with, i think the judge should then look at his will to see if there is any statements there that would indicate what the man would have wanted done with his money.
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Rachel Thomas
9/5/2011 10:43:06 am
I think that if the man had a wife, the winnings should just go to her, but if he doesnt then the money should be split equally between the four children. i agree with eoin and charlyn with this, their father has just died and they're thinking about money? :S
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Chloe Taylor
10/5/2011 09:39:29 am
I find this so bizarre that this man has won so much money and then died the next day!
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I'Esha Habib
11/5/2011 10:29:20 am
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Dayna Taliana
16/5/2011 01:54:06 am
oops :/
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Nathaniel Thomas
16/5/2011 05:07:23 am
thats a little sus that he died the day after he won $2 million dollars. anyway $2 million dollars isn't that much money to break up a family i reckon. The fair solution would be that the money was divided equally and they all get a share of it. It doesnt matter who 'shared' the ticket, lived with him. The fact is that if he owned the money and died then his assets should be split between all of the children
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Briony Kent
16/5/2011 06:29:37 am
This is really kinda weird case , morally i think the money should be split equally all of them should get equal. All of the children deserve the same
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eamonn
30/5/2011 10:36:10 am
I believe the money should be split! Likes/ Dislikes?
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Emily Caroll
31/5/2011 02:14:16 am
it's sad that the man has died right after he won the money. i think that the judge should make the final decision of splitting the money between the siblings.
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