Also, I spoke with two different lawyers yesterday.

It turns out that I made out like a bandit. One of them told me that I would not have been eligible for any of the inheritance money, but for short-term alimony payments, up to one year. The other lawyer told me that given the short length of our marriage AND the fact that the inheritance came through after divorce proceedings began, that a judge likely would have given me nothing from the inheritance and only alimony payments, short-term.

So, I view the 17K that I got as a nice lump sum of money in lieu of alimony, which I had legally waived. The second lawyer told me that what I have received is likely a lot larger a sum than I would have received from alimony.

So I am now satisfied with the end result. And, I have now been paid back for the 8K I spent on our wedding/honeymoon and for the 2K chair I bought him. We're even in terms of what we each spent in the marriage - pretty much.