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permission or knowledge. Mr. Quinn had been served with a
summons regarding the Credit Alliance action, but Mrs. Quinn did
not learn about it until a month later.
Mrs. Quinn then hired an attorney to defend her in this
Credit Alliance matter and paid him a retainer of $5,000. Mrs.
Quinn was ultimately relieved of liability for the Credit
Alliance debt. Mrs. Quinn was so distressed by this incident
that she contemplated divorcing Mr. Quinn. She was afraid that
Credit Alliance would attempt to take her home and the assets
for which she and Mr. Quinn had worked hard and scrimped and
saved over a lifetime. She felt Mr. Quinn was destroying their
life together by not making her aware of what he had done and by
jeopardizing their life savings. The Quinns did not get a
divorce, but instead they agreed to transfer their joint assets
to Mrs. Quinn or to Mrs. Quinn jointly with one or the other of
their two daughters. Since that time the Quinns' relationship
has been strained. At the trial, Mrs. Quinn was still visibly
upset by this episode in their lives.
Thus, in December of 1982, the Quinns transferred title to
three undeveloped Schuylkill County lots to Mrs. Quinn's name
alone. The Quinns also transferred title to their house into the
names of Mrs. Quinn and Patricia. Joint bank accounts were
closed or title transferred; none of these accounts contained
any unusually large amounts or any deposits from unknown
sources. At the time of these various transfers, Mrs. Quinn was
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