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At the time they filed the petition in the instant case, the
Joneses resided in Houston, Texas.
Petitioner married Mr. Jones during 1967. Petitioner and
Mr. Jones had both been married previously, and they both had
minor children from prior marriages at the time they married.
Petitioner had quit school at the age of 15. Mr. Jones had only
an eighth grade education. At the time the Joneses married, Mr.
Jones worked as a welder on a pipe-laying barge for Brown & Root,
an international construction company owned by Halliburton.
Until 1984, when he was terminated, Mr. Jones received regular
promotions from Brown & Root, eventually rising to the level of
vice president.
Shortly after their marriage, the Joneses moved to Bahrain
for 6 months and then to England, where they lived for
approximately 8 years. Petitioner returned to the United States
during 1977 with the children who still lived with them. In
order to find a house, petitioner returned from England prior to
the time Mr. Jones returned.
After the Joneses returned from England during 1977,
petitioner took full responsibility for paying the house and
family expenses because Mr. Jones traveled extensively. As part
of her household responsibilities, petitioner wrote the checks
for the Joneses’ family expenses on a jointly held household
account at the Citizens State Bank in Sealy, Texas (the household
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