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had a television in the family room. At some point in 1989, Mr.
Bowers bought a 35-inch television for the Mandarin house. By
the summer of 1989, petitioners had a leather sofa and chairs in
the living room. A copper-tiered mirror hung in the foyer. The
formal dining room was not furnished. The kitchen had a dinette
set and matching bar stools of white rattan with pale blue
cushions; the table top was glass. The refrigerator was a large
side-by-side model with ice and water dispenser in the door. The
kitchen was wallpapered, as were at least two of the bathrooms.
Some of the rooms had fabric window treatments that matched the
decor of the room. There was a kidney-shaped swimming pool in
the backyard.5
Sale of the Burlington House
On March 23, 1989, Florence received a mortgage loan from
Connecticut National Bank in the amount of $45,921.30. The
proceeds were used to pay off the loan on the Burlington house
borrowed from Hartford National Bank & Trust Co. on April 23,
1980. This new loan was to be paid off in full on September 29,
1989. United Bank & Trust Co. released its attachment of the
Burlington house on March 27, 1989.
On July 6, 1989, Mr. Bowers applied to First Performance
Mortgage Corp. for a mortgage on the Burlington property in the
5 In 1990, Mr. Bowers transferred title to the Mandarin
property to Deborah by quitclaim deed. Petitioners sold the
Mandarin house in late 1992.
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