Dick and Jane Divorced in 2017

question 44

Essay

Dick and Jane divorced in 2017. At the time of the divorce, Dick had a lawsuit pending. He had filed suit against a former employer for overtime pay. As part of a divorce agreement, Dick agreed to pay Jane one-half of the proceeds from the lawsuit. In 2019, Dick collected $250,000 from the former employer and paid Jane $125,000. What are the tax consequences from Dick's receiving the $250,000 and then paying Jane the $125,000?

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Definitions:

Variance

A statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a dataset, indicating how much the values differ from the average.

Variables

Elements, factors, or conditions that are subject to change or variation within a study.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)

A statistical technique used to test the hypothesis that a relationship between observed variables and their underlying latent constructs exists.

Cross-validation

A statistical method used to estimate the performance of a model by partitioning the data into subsets, training the model on one subset, and validating it on another.