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          spouse.  While the instrument does not have to be part of the               
          divorce decree itself, some written agreement must exist that               
          creates a legally enforceable right to the support payments.                
          Prince v. Commissioner, supra at 1067.                                      
               We recognize that the payments by petitioner were no less in           
          the nature of support than amounts paid under a divorce decree or           
          written separation agreement.  Congress, however, has imposed               
          safeguards and restrictions statutorily limiting a deduction to             
          enumerated situations.  The payments made here fall outside those           
          limits, and we cannot rewrite the applicable statutes.  See                 
          Brooks v. Commissioner, supra.                                              
                                             Decision will be entered                 
                                        for respondent as to the                      
                                        deficiencies and for petitioner               
                                        as to the penalties under section             
                                        6662(a).                                      




















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