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into our findings by this reference. When they filed their
petition, petitioner Henry Gherman (Mr. Gherman) resided in
Atlanta, Georgia, and petitioner Joan Walters (Ms. Walters)
resided in Miami, Florida.
Background Information
Petitioners were married in December 1956 and were divorced
in July 1989. When they married, Ms. Walters was 20 years old.
Petitioners had two children, Shari Gherman Rance (Shari), born
in 1958, and Craig Gherman (Craig), born in 1963. Petitioners
lived together from the time they married until August 1988, when
Mr. Gherman fled the country. See infra. Ms. Walters sought the
divorce because she became ashamed of the "Gherman" name. Mr.
Gherman and Ms. Walters have two grandsons, Chasyn and Ashtyn
Rance, who are the children of Shari and her former husband
Leslie Rance (Mr. Rance), and one granddaughter, Kara, who is the
child of Craig.
Before marriage, Ms. Walters graduated from high school and
attended college for 1 year. She worked for Equity Advertising
and later for the Theater Guild in the subscription department
and as a script reader. Ms. Walters did not maintain her own
checking account before marriage but instead relied on her father
to cash her paychecks for her and to give her additional spending
money. After petitioners married, Ms. Walters worked for 4
months as a receptionist for a knitting mill; then she did not
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