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          Goldman v. Commissioner, 112 T.C. 317, 323 (1999), affd. sub nom.           
          Schutter v. Commissioner, 242 F.3d 390 (10th Cir. 2000).  Rather,           
          the divorce or separation instrument contains a nonalimony                  
          designation if the substance of such a designation is reflected             
          in the instrument.  Id.  The Court finds that petitioner’s                  
          divorce decree contains a nonalimony designation within the                 
          meaning of section 71(b)(1)(B).  Thus, petitioner’s payment of              
          $17,900 to Ms. Simpson was not alimony but rather a property                
          settlement between the spouses.  Respondent is sustained on this            
          issue.                                                                      


                                                  Decision will be entered            
                                             for respondent.                          























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