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SIEGEL v. SIEGEL

241 N.J. Super. 12 (1990)

574 A.2d 54

ARLENE S. SIEGEL, PLAINTIFF, v. RICHARD L. SIEGEL, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Family Part, Middlesex County.

Decided January 22, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Goldin, for plaintiff.

Jacqueline M. Printz, for defendant.

BERMAN, J.S.C.

A question of res nova confronts this court: do casino gambling losses ($227,850) incurred pre-complaint, but when the marriage was irreparably fractured, fall within the matrimonial "pot" as a credit to distributable assets, or does it equate with a "dissipation" of funds to be borne solely by the one who placed the family treasury at risk?

This court-one of equity-elects to chart the latter course: the debt belongs to the gambler, without...

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