- 12 - B. Discussion The State Court ordered support for Ms. Hodson and Meagan by the September 8, 1994, order. In the preamble to that order, the State Court found that Ms. Hodson and Meagan were in need of support of $2,500 a month. The court also found that, since petitioner did not have the ability to provide that amount from earnings, it was necessary to liquidate assets of the parties (to the divorce case). The court ordered the liquidation of various assets and the payment of proceeds to Ms. Hodson’s attorney, to be held in trust for the benefit of Ms. Hodson and Meagan. Ms. Hodson’s attorney was ordered to pay out $2,500 a month (the $2,500 payments). During his testimony in this case, petitioner conceded that he had no evidence that the $2,500 payments were made. His argument, as expressed on brief, is as follows: These payments were made in cash through the petitioner’s former wife’s attorneys, officers of the court, by said attorneys liquidating certain assets of the petitioner and making periodic payments and by direct payment from the petitioner and through pay role deduction. The assets liquidated have been summarized for the court and monies paid in alimony far exceed the deduction taken by the petitioner. These assets were not distributed by any other means and a finding that they were not paid in alimony would return ownership of these assets to the petitioner. Additionally, since collection for alimony was the only authority to liquidate these assets, the officer of the court executing these liquidations may have defrauded the United States government and AAL [no definition of the term “AAL” appears in the record].Page: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next
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