GRIFFITH v. C.I.R.

No. 83-1579.

749 F.2d 11 (1984)

Donn W. GRIFFITH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Thomas, Jr. (argued), Worthington, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant.

Joel Gerber, Acting Chief Counsel, I.R.S., Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Michael L. Paup, Tax Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Gilbert S. Rothenberg, John P. Griffin (argued), Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before ENGEL and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Griffith appeals the United States Tax Court determination that certain payments he made to his ex-wife during 1977 represented property settlement rather than support and thus that Griffith was not entitled to a deduction under I.R.C. § 215 for those amounts.

Griffith, an Ohio veterinarian, was divorced from his wife Judith on March 1, 1976. In its decree the state trial court found that the parties had approximately...

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