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housekeeper, enjoyed giving gifts of expensive jewelry and furs,
drove expensive automobiles, took family vacations, and
maintained a summer home on the New Jersey shore. Petitioner
maintained an affluent lifestyle throughout the years in issue.
Throughout their marriage, petitioner and Mr. Acquaviva have
kept their household responsibilities separate. Mr. Acquaviva
managed the family finances and made all of the important
financial and investment decisions for the family without input
from petitioner. Petitioner managed their household, purchased
the family's groceries, clothing, and personal items, and cared
for the children when they were young. Petitioner paid her
personal expenses and those related to running the household by
personal check drawn on a joint checking account that she
maintained with her husband. However, petitioner relied on Mr.
Acquaviva to pay the majority of the family's living expenses.
Expenses such as the mortgage, homeowner's insurance, real estate
taxes, life insurance, automobile payments, automobile insurance,
State and Federal taxes, political contributions, and expenses
for live-in help were all paid out of Mr. Acquaviva's personal
account. Petitioner was not a signatory on her husband's
personal checking account. Petitioner never asked Mr. Acquaviva
how much money was in his personal checking account. Mr.
Acquaviva made funds available to petitioner through the couple's
joint checking account by depositing funds drawn from his
personal checking account. Petitioner never asked how much she
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