COUPLES RUSHING TO DIVORCE BY YEAR’S END TO SAVE ON TAXES
'Tis the season to get divorced…
Many divorce lawyers are working overtime these days to help their clients wrap up divorce settlements before the end of the year to help them take advantage of changes in the tax laws.
It seems these laws -- which go into effect January 1st -- will change the way payments between ex-partners are taxed.
So, the lawyers are scrambling and courts are actually staying open after hours to get all this stuff done. (MSN)
Escapee can not resist the hot tub
Escaping from jail can be stressful, which could help explain why an Ohio inmate was found soaking in a hot tub shortly after she bolted from custody.
Autumn Satterfield. who'd just been booked for felony heroin possession, fled the Pike County Jail on Tuesday afternoon and took off on foot. Her jail-issued shoes were found on a farm not far from the facility, and not long after that, a dispatcher got a call about a woman nodding off in a hot tub -- still wearing a yellow prison jumpsuit.
The 34-year-old was taken into custody without incident at the Bristol Village Activity Center. (Plain Dealer)