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she earned in her prior job. Petitioner accepted John’s offer,
quit her job, and went to work for John.
Petitioner’s responsibilities working in John’s business
included answering phone calls, bookkeeping, taking orders for
products, and other clerical tasks.
After a month, petitioner asked John why she was not getting
paid. John explained to petitioner that he had not yet received
enough commissions to pay her but that he soon would do so.
However, from the time petitioner began working for John and his
business in 1990, petitioner never was paid any wages or other
compensation for her work.
On October 12, 1992, petitioner and John were married.
Around the time of their marriage, John sold his home in
Westminster, Colorado, and petitioner and John moved into a new
home in Castle Rock, Colorado (Castle Rock home). Using
petitioner’s poor credit as the excuse and even though John
himself was responsible for petitioner’s poor credit rating, John
titled the Castle Rock home only in his name. John promised
petitioner that at a later date he would put petitioner’s name on
the title to the home, which he never did.
To finance his business, John took out multiple second and
third mortgages on the Castle Rock home.
Sometime after they were married, petitioner and John
decided to trade in on a new car a car which petitioner had owned
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