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Background
Some of the facts and certain exhibits have been stipulated.
The parties’ stipulations of fact are incorporated in this
Opinion by reference. At the time of filing the petition,
petitioner resided in Franklinville, New Jersey.
Petitioner and David J. Toppi (Mr. Toppi) were married on
May 24, 1986, and divorced on June 11, 2002. Except for 5 years
following the birth of their son, petitioner worked as a
receptionist for several different employers while Mr. Toppi
tried to establish a practice as a chiropractor. Petitioner was
not involved with Mr. Toppi’s chiropractic practice. During 1994
or 1995, when petitioner’s son was 5 years old, Mr. Toppi
approached petitioner and asked her to return to work because his
“business was in trouble.”
Petitioner and Mr. Toppi’s mail was sent to their home
address in Franklinville, N.J. Petitioner regularly, but not
always, opened and read the mail. At approximately the same time
that Mr. Toppi asked petitioner to return to work, petitioner
discovered that Mr. Toppi had failed to pay numerous household
bills. Petitioner and Mr. Toppi opened a joint checking account
from which petitioner began to pay household bills. Petitioner
continued to pay household bills from the joint checking account
until she and Mr. Toppi divorced.
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