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Is World Series bonus “charitable”?

Is World Series bonus “charitable”?

Is World Series bonus “charitable”?

Anthony DeFrancesco is a long-time employee of the Houston Astros baseball organization and in 2017 was manager of its AAA minor league affiliate. After the Astros won the 2017 World Series, the Astros gave him a bonus of $28,151.26. DeFrancisco was in the process of a divorce and the question arose whether the bonus was considered community property to be divided with his wife. His wife claimed that it was. The general rule is that property that is acquired by a spouse after service of a petition for dissolution of the marriage is that spouse’s separate property, the Court of Appeals of Arizona said in considering the case. But DeFrancesco’s wife argued that the bonus was community...

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