MACIAS v. MACIAS

No. 18,883.

968 P.2d 814 (1998)

126 N.M. 303

1998-NMCA-170

Jan Marie MACIAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jose L. MACIAS, Sr., Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

October 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jefferson R. Rhodes, Burroughs & Rhodes, Alamogordo, for Appellant.

Gail Wade Brownfield, Law Office of Gail Wade Brownfield, P.C., Alamogordo, for Appellee.


OPINION

BOSSON, J.

{1} In this divorce case we decide an issue of first impression that federal tax law, and particularly the Tax Reform Act of 1984, 26 U.S.C. § 152(e) (1998), does not preempt the ability of state courts to allocate tax exemptions for dependent children between custodial and noncustodial parents. We also discuss the standard for determining when a spouse has transmuted separate property into community property. We affirm the...

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