MAN SEPARATES FROM HIS WIFE IN 1982 ... NEVER FILES FOR DIVORCE ... THEN WINS THE LOTTERY ... NOW WIFE SUES FOR HALF

November 20, 2008. This story goes out to all you MediaTakeOut.com readers who know someone who ain't got around to filing their divorce papers yet. Apparently a man who separated from his wife in 1982 is being sued for half the winnings of a lottery ticket he bought earlier this year. Here's how WFTV in Orlando, FL is reporting it: William and Ida Cody have been separated since 1982, but Ida insists they were always on good terms and she even loaned him the money to buy the winning ticket. She said he promised to share the winnings with her. "You didn't say you would be willing to split the jackpot?" William Cody was asked in court. "No, I didn't say that to Ida, to nobody," he responded. Attorneys hope to wrap up testimony sometime late Tuesday afternoon. Ida wants half the money, but she could be awarded a lesser amount or nothing at all You know you got an uncle that needs to have this story emailed to him ...