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Even A Tax Collector Should Have Some Heart: Equitable Relief For The Innocent Spouse Under I.R.C. § 6013(E), Timothy Philipps, L. Bradford Braford Nov 1987

Even A Tax Collector Should Have Some Heart: Equitable Relief For The Innocent Spouse Under I.R.C. § 6013(E), Timothy Philipps, L. Bradford Braford

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This Article examines I.R.C. § 6013(e). The provision is intended to protect an innocent spouse from tax liability where a joint return is filed by one spouse who understates or misstates the joint return's taxable income, through no fault of the innocent spouse. This Article concludes that certain changes in LR.C. § 6013(e) are necessary in order for this provision to provide the equitable relief which all innocent spouses should enjoy.


Domestic Law, Ketta K. Zwibel Oct 1987

Domestic Law, Ketta K. Zwibel

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Legal History Of The Family, Lee E. Teitelbaum May 1987

The Legal History Of The Family, Lee E. Teitelbaum

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America by Michael Grossberg


Women And The Law Of Property In Early America, David H. Bromfield May 1987

Women And The Law Of Property In Early America, David H. Bromfield

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Women and the Law of Property in Early America by Marylynn Salmon


Redesigning The Spouse's Forced Share, John H. Langbein, Lawrence W. Waggoner Jan 1987

Redesigning The Spouse's Forced Share, John H. Langbein, Lawrence W. Waggoner

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American forced-share law underwent a major round of reform in the 1960s. The main objective was to prevent the decedent from engaging in "fraud on the widow's share," that is, using nominal inter vivos transfers to evade the surviving spouse's forced-share entitlement. In jurisdictions that follow the Uniform Probate Code of 1969 (UPC), that mischief has been eradicated. The UPC, which is discussed in some detail below, extends the forced-share entitlement to property that has been the subject of inter vivos transfer. In the present article we develop the view that the time has come for a further round of …


The Marriage Tax Revisited: An Analysis Of The Tax Consequences Of Marriage, Dan Subotnik Jan 1987

The Marriage Tax Revisited: An Analysis Of The Tax Consequences Of Marriage, Dan Subotnik

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