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spent most of the time after Antonino was born caring for him and
petitioners' two older children. Antonino was in the hospital
frequently from September 1988 to April 1990. He had heart
surgery in April 1990, and was hospitalized until late July.
Petitioners were at the hospital with him continuously during
these 4 months. Antonino died 10 days after he was discharged
from the hospital.
2. Petitioner Husband's Real Estate Activities
Petitioner husband was a real estate broker from 1974 to
1989. Petitioners owned rental properties and investment real
estate in 1987, 1988, and 1989.
Petitioner husband was also in the business of buying and
selling homes through his company, Americana Investment Corp.
(Americana). Because of changes in the Detroit real estate
market in 1986 and 1987, petitioner husband could not sell as
many houses in the years in issue as he had previously.
Petitioner husband rented the houses until he could sell them,
and made repairs that were necessary to keep the houses in
saleable condition.
Petitioner husband conducted his real estate activities
through several business entities. His business operations were
disorganized. He did not keep good records. He intermingled
assets and funds between his many business and personal bank
accounts, and he was thinly capitalized and overextended in
credit. Because of his disorganization and lack of records, he
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