LEMOND v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 19780.

13 T.C. 670 (1949)

BARBARA B. LEMOND (FORMERLY BARBARA BREWSTER BLOOMINGDALE), PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated October 28, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Nager, Esq., for the petitioner.

Ellyne E. Strickland, Esq., for the respondent.


This proceeding involves deficiencies in income tax for the calendar years 1943 and 1944 in the amounts of $4,037 and $1,559.81, respectively.

The sole question presented is whether petitioner is entitled to deduct, as nontrade or nonbusiness expenses under section 23 (a) (2), attorneys' fees of $7,500 and $3,000 paid by her in 1943 and 1944, respectively, in securing a fair and equitable financial settlement from her then husband incident to their separation and...

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