General legal information furnished as a service of Fort Lauderdale / West Palm Beach family law attorney Janet Langjahr
Massachusetts man buys lottery ticket.
Man wins $1 million lottery.
All is good in his universe.
Until …
Man gets charged with violating terms of his probation on bank robbery charges.
Not his first probation violation.
Then man is served with contempt of court papers for failure to pay almost $40,000 in back alimony and child support.
Man will not know his fate until next year.
Man’s story illustrates the saying: “be careful what you wish for…”.
Support recipients everywhere got what they wished for in this instance too.
A spokesman for the state lottery issued a statement that state lottery officials would comply with any court order for support.
Read more in this Cape Cod Times article: More bad news for lottery winner.
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