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to his son Matthew Roman (Matthew Roman) who was, as of the fall
of 1990, a 20-year old college student. Petitioner and Matthew
Roman's mother Gloria J. Maldonado (Ms. Maldonado) were divorced
sometime in 1974 or 1975. During 1990 and 1991, Matthew Roman
generally resided at petitioner's house during the weekends and
at Ms. Maldonado's house during the weekdays. Pursuant to the
divorce decree relating to petitioner's divorce from Ms.
Maldonado, petitioner's obligation to support his son ended when
his son turned 18 years old.
During 1990 and 1991, petitioner and his son had an agree-
ment under which petitioner was to pay Matthew Roman approxi-
mately $130 every several weeks in exchange for, inter alia,
bookkeeping, filing, and automobile detailing by Matthew Roman.
The following handwritten notation appeared on the check stubs
for most of the checks that petitioner's son received from
petitioner during 1990 (Matthew Roman's checks): "Matt's Rm. &
Bd.". Most of Matthew Roman's checks were written either to Ms.
Maldonado or the payee lines were left blank; several of those
checks were payable to New Mexico State University, University of
Nebraska, William T. Baker, D.O, P.A., and Wal-Mart Pharmacy; and
none of them was payable to Matthew Roman.
During 1990 and 1991, petitioner wrote 17 checks to Ms.
Ridgway (Ms. Ridgway's checks) totaling $2,582. One of the
following handwritten notations appeared on the check stubs for
each of 16 of those checks: "RX-7 Repair[s]", "Taillights RX-7",
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