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                                   115 T.C. No. 35                                    


                              UNITED STATES TAX COURT                                 


           ESTATE OF ALBERT STRANGI, DECEASED, ROSALIE GULIG, INDEPENDENT             
                              EXECUTRIX, Petitioner v.                                
                    COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent                      


               Docket No. 4102-99.                 Filed November 30, 2000.           


                    D formed a family limited partnership (SFLP) and                  
               transferred assets, including securities, real estate,                 
               insurance policies, annuities, and partnership                         
               interests, to SFLP in return for a 99-percent limited                  
               partnership interest.  Held:  (1) The partnership was                  
               valid under State law and will be recognized for estate                
               tax purposes.  (2) Sec. 2703(a), I.R.C., does not apply                
               to the partnership agreement.  (3) The transfer of                     
               assets to SFLP was not a taxable gift.  (4) R’s                        
               expert’s opinion as to valuation discounts is accepted.                


               Norman A. Lofgren and G. Tomas Rhodus, for petitioner.                 
               Deborah H. Delgado, Gerald L. Brantley, Sheila R. Pattison,            
          and William C. Sabin, Jr., for respondent.                                  






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