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Amanda lived with Ms. Macera during the time she did not stay
with him.
Amanda also attended high school in the Johnston school
district, where Ms. Macera resided. Petitioner testified that
Amanda wanted to attend school in Cranston, but a local court
ruled that the proper place for her to attend school was the
schools in Johnston. Petitioner further testified that his
mother, who lived across the street from him, would drive Amanda
to school when she spent the night at his house.
Ms. Macera testified that Amanda lived with her in Johnston,
Rhode Island, for all of 1998. Ms. Macera testified that Amanda,
during the taxable year at issue, did not spend Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday of one week and Thursday through Sunday of the next
week in Cranston with petitioner. Ms. Macera testified that the
only time Amanda spent with petitioner was an occasional weekend
visit where she also was able to see her grandmother. According
to Ms. Macera, Amanda’s only extended stay with petitioner was a
2-week period in which she and Amanda had a disagreement;
otherwise there was no rotation between the parents. Ms. Macera
also denied that Amanda was shuttled to high school by her
grandmother in 1998. Rather, she testified, the only time
Amanda’s grandmother drove her to school was when the child
attended middle school. Furthermore, respondent presented a
letter from Johnston High School, to which petitioner did not
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