Back story ... about 10 years ago my MIL inherited somewhere between $250K and $500K from her mom. A year ago my MIL walks out on my FIL after about 40 years of marriage. She's initiated divorce proceedings but after a year for whatever reason isn't pushing it very hard. They've got lawyers, had their property appraised, have more court dates coming up. Everything we've been hearing is that her inheritance is off the table when it comes to splitting up their assets and determining any spousal support. My FIL is worried he's going to be poor because all their cash is basically tied up in property and cars and that he'll end up paying spousal support and not have the money to do so. I find it hard to believe that she gets to keep the entire inheritance after this many years. This is Wisconsin, as I'm sure things vary by state.
The whole thing is pissing a lot of us off as she seems more set on extracting revenge than ejecting from a marriage that she says she can be in even one more day. All the while she still sucks money out of the company checking, has the company pay for her car insurance and gas, and works for cash 5 days a week. I wish my FIL would play hardball, but he doesn't want to 'set her off' since she's very vindictive and can get physical. I could fill about 3 more paragraphs of shit that has happened but even saying this much is probably more than I should have.