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from Kansas City to Yellville in 1981 and lived in the house
until 1985. In 1985,2 petitioner sold the house in Yellville for
$23,000, including furnishings.
c. Petitioners’ Purchase of a Trailer and Mobile Home
In 1986, petitioners bought a 16-foot travel trailer and
traveled to Arizona. They lived in Arizona in the trailer for 3
or 4 months. Petitioners moved to Isabella, Missouri, later in
1986, and continued to live in the 16-foot trailer. Mrs. Sykes
borrowed about $6,000 in 1989 or 1990 to buy a 60-foot mobile
home. Petitioners lived in that mobile home from 1989 or 1990 to
the time of trial.
3. Petitioner’s Auction Business
From 1987 to the time of trial, petitioner operated an
auction business in and around Isabella, Missouri. He bought,
sold, and traded consumer goods at auctions in Missouri,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Iowa, and Oklahoma. Gary has consistently
helped petitioner in his work.
4. Petitioners’ AFDC Payments and Mrs. Sykes’ Disability
and Medicaid Payments
Mrs. Sykes became disabled in 1981. Petitioners received
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits from June
1987 to June 1995. Mrs. Sykes received Medicaid benefits from
2 The parties stipulated and the buyer’s affidavit states
that petitioners sold the Yellville house on Apr. 30, 1985,
notwithstanding that the warranty deed says Apr. 30, 1986, and
petitioner testified that it was in 1986.
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