[Chickensoup]

i didnt get the impression they were married

ummm. these items were gifts.

there is no way to go after them.

[gundog]

Yup. Just consider the money amortized over the number of sex acts he performed with her. She was a whore, and rendered services.

[PGR88]

i didnt get the impression they were married

Stupid, old-fashioned me. I automatically assumed from Dad's tone that a couple having a kid and sharing assets, etc...meant they were married.

time to come into to the 21st century!

[Pilsner]

there is no way to go after them

Legally, that may not be correct -- if deliberate fraud could be proven. As a practical matter, it absolutely is. Dad needs to tell his boy "Let her keep the cheese, you just get out of the trap