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contend that they deposited money from their cash hoard into
their accounts to cover checks written for the building of the
house.
Mrs. Gordon claims that she had cash on hand from child
support payments, sales of woodcrafts, yard sales, and gifts from
her parents. During 1986, Mrs. Gordon cashed child support
checks totaling $1,904. As for Mrs. Gordon's other claimed
sources, no credible evidence was presented from which we can
even estimate an amount of available cash. For example,
Mrs. Gordon claimed that she received approximately $1,000 cash
from yard sales, but she testified that she could not remember
whether or not the money went into her cash hoard. Mrs. Gordon
claims that she cannot recall the source of 100 $100 bills
deposited by her on June 16, 1986. It is not credible that
Mrs. Gordon could not remember the source of $10,000 cash,
particularly in that form.
Petitioner claims that the sources of his cash hoard were
cash from his father, the sale of a car, and real estate sales.
Petitioner testified that his father paid for the lumber
purchased during 1986 for the Gladstone house. Petitioner's
testimony, however, was contradicted by testimony from a cashier
at the lumberyard who remembered petitioner's making the
purchases. Petitioner provided no evidence of any car sale other
than a receipt that shows that petitioner purchased, not sold, a
car. The real estate sales that petitioner claims provided cash
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