Husband of Irish NY lottery winner Patricia Eisel misses out

I think her husband she not get one penny.

Hi Ourselves Alone. Sorry you are completely wrong.Under the Hague Convention a judgement in any jurisdiction is enforceable in any other jurisdiction. As long as one of the parties is Irish proceedings can be commenced in Ireland and are enforceable in the US and vice versa. My reading is that he walked out but they are not divorced. If they are actually divorced he can seek a property adjustment order in Ireland which is enforceable everywhere-there was a case two years ago where a woman in Ireland was arrested, even though she lived in Ireland, because she was divorced in the US and disobeyed a US court order. She was to be extradited but common sense prevailed and a deal was done. Its usually very unfair on the men but in this case its the woman who suffers-thats the luck of the draw

I wonder if this is the first time Mr. Eisel has taken the easy way out.

Hope she don't wilt and take the dirt-bag back. And by the way, Patricia, if you're lonely and desire a real life companion--I'm available

Tell him to "TAKE A HIKE"

I would rather just wait and see, he may just be decent enough to let her keep it.

Is their divorce final? If it is he can pound salt. He may get out of child support or have the payments reduced. Good Luck to her.

He deserves NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think he definitely will go after HER money but I would keep him in court for the next 30 yrs. For whatever reason he left, decided to have a life without her, so goodbye and good luck, he does not deserve anything.

Everyone is assuming here that she is a saint and that he isn't but we cannot just assume that. Just because she is Irish and he American, doesn't mean that she is automatically a good person and he bad. None of us here know the circumstances of their situation. From what I heard, they are not even divorced yet. Let's not assume anything here. I bet there is more to this story than what meets the irish eyes!

I just pray that she is extra smart; very vunerable! Good luck and God bless her!

@seanskelligs He is American, they met, married and divorced (I assume and hope for her sake, otherwise he would have a claim to the winnings)in New York, so Irish law is irrelevant in this instance. Regardless, Irish law and any judgment thereunder is unenforceable in the US as we tend to value OUR SOVEREIGNTY and don't cede to the edicts of Brussels like the Irish republic today.

Of COURSE he's going to claim "his" share!! And, if this lady is smart, she'll tell the lousy b#&t@rd to sue her for it! She has enough to pay a good lawyer; he probably does NOT! He's going to want his half so he can continue his dalliance with his new woman. Piss on 'em BOTH, Trisha! Keep your money for yourself and YOUR kids!

The way I read this is that they are divorced in NY not Ireland so he has no right to anything unless he is a vulture then that is a horse of a different color.

GIVE HIM NOTHING.