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Burlington house was listed as the former address for both
petitioners, with Mr. Bowers' section stating he had lived at
that address for 11 years.10 The telephone numbers given for
Mr. Bowers were a home phone number of 292-9419 and a business
phone number of 363-0833. Those phone numbers were to the
Mandarin house and Technical Acoustics, Inc., respectively. Only
a home phone number was listed for Deborah; that number was 292-
9419. Petitioners' assets as listed on the mortgage application
included $6,347.10 deposited in Barnett Bank of Jacksonville and
$5,588.34 in Enterprise National Bank of Jacksonville.
Petitioners listed no other bank accounts. Petitioners indicated
that they intended to occupy the Jacksonville Golf house as their
primary residence. Petitioners moved into the Jacksonville Golf
house on December 15, 1989.
Homestead Exemptions
Florida residents are eligible for an exemption from Florida
property tax of $25,000 of the assessed value of their homes.
Petitioners did not file an application for the homestead
exemption for the Mandarin house for 1989. For 1990 petitioners
filed applications for homestead exemptions for both the Mandarin
house and the Jacksonville Golf house. Mr. Bowers completed the
application for the Mandarin house exemption, which was dated
10 The number of years given for Deborah's length of
residence at the Burlington house is illegible on the copy in
evidence.
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