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               During 1993, the following amounts were received from or                
          paid on petitioner's behalf by her former husband:  (1) $12,000              
          ($1,000 per month for 12 months), as reimbursement for attorney's            
          fees; (2) $5,201.81, to reimburse her for tuition and college                
          expenses she paid personally; and (3) $3,520, paid as tuition to             
          Oglethorpe University.                                                       
               During 1994, the following amounts were received or paid on             
          petitioner's behalf by her former husband:  (1) $12,000 ($1,000              
          per month for 12 months), as reimbursement for attorney's fees;              
          (2) $3,015.91, to reimburse her for tuition and college expenses             
          which she paid personally; and (3) $8,678.50, paid as tuition to             
          Oglethorpe University.                                                       
               The payments described above were received directly by                  
          petitioner, or paid on her behalf, in cash or by check and were              
          paid pursuant to the divorce decree and settlement agreement.                
               During the years in issue, petitioner did not live in the               
          same household as her former husband and did not file a joint                
          income tax return with her former husband.                                   
               On November 14, 1994, petitioner filed a Form 1040 for                  
          taxable year 1993.  For the 1994 taxable year, petitioner timely             
          filed a Form 1040.                                                           
               On February 20, 1997, respondent issued two notices of                  
          deficiency determining unreported income in the amounts of                   
          $28,383 for taxable year 1993 and $45,786 for taxable year 1994.             





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