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Because respondent raised no objection to the amount or its
classification, we treat this amount as expended for the
maintenance of the Mahmoud Daya family’s household in 1995.
The only other evidence of Morhaf’s contributions toward the
maintenance of the Mahmoud Daya family’s household in 1995
consists of Gabriel and Morhaf’s testimony that Morhaf gave money
to his mother to deposit into the household checking account and
that he gave her money for groceries. Petitioners make no attempt
to estimate these contributions, and they have provided no basis
upon which we can estimate these contributions. We thus credit
Morhaf with contributing $668.74 toward the maintenance of the
Mahmoud Daya household in 1995.
Although the record does not clearly reflect all the expenses
incurred for maintaining the Mahmoud Daya family’s household in
1995, the record does indicate that $18,606 in mortgage interest
payments was made and $3,084.48 in property taxes was paid on the
Foster City residence. Morhaf has not shown that he paid any of
these expenses or any other expenses for the maintenance of the
household beyond the $668.74. Morhaf has not established that he
provided more than half the cost of maintaining a household for
Laila in 1995.20
Accordingly, we uphold respondent’s determination that
20 We note that even if we accepted Morhaf’s argument that
he maintained a household for Laila separate from Gabriel and
Mahmoud’s household, Morhaf still has not shown that he provided
more than half the cost of maintaining such a household.
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