BLAKE v. C.I.R.

Nos. 86-8349, 86-8376 Non-Argument Calendar.

808 F.2d 1454 (1987)

Thomas B. BLAKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee. Joyce M. BLAKE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Childs, Columbus, Ga., for petitioner-appellant in No. 86-8349.

Roger M. Olsen, Acting Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup, Ann Belanger Durney, Deobrah Swann Mbye, Tax Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for C.I.R.

Morton A. Harris, Page, Scrantom, Harris, McGlamry & Chapman, Columbus, Ga., for petitioner-appellee in No. 86-8376.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Periodic payments pursuant to a divorce settlement are taxable as income to the receiving spouse and deductible by the paying spouse only when the payment period exceeds ten years. In this case, the United States Tax Court determined that a property settlement required payment to be completed within ten years of the divorce decree and held that the payments received by Joyce M. Blake for the years 1979 and 1980, from her former husband, Dr. Thomas B. Blake...

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