A friend of mine, back in the mid-80’s, hit the lottery 3-days AFTER his divorce was final. She came back, tried to get back together, he said no-way.
She then threatened to sue for half because she alleged he bought the ticket with “her” money and they were married when he bought the ticket.
He won the case because he had a job at the time, and the date on the ticket was the day AFTER the divorce.
Last I saw him, he was doing well and invested safely and lives comfortably.
Regarding this kid, he intends to give Best Buy 2-weeks notice and delay leaving the bank job for a while. This tells me he has a good start on acting responsibly.
There was a case a couple of years back when the woman won the lotto before the divorce was finalized...didn’t tell the court...her X took her to court for 1/2 and the judge gave him 100 percent cause the dumb female lied to the court.....sometimes Karma is swift....