Law firm partner pleads guilty to tax evasion
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[##_1L|1307638903.jpg|width="101" height="102" alt=""|_##]A Dallas law firm partner pleaded guilty Tuesday to tax evasion and faces prison time and fines. George Bryan McDonald, a partner with McDonald and Cole LLP, admitted skimming a portion of the settlements due clients of the personal injury law firm. His partner, David Cole pleaded guilty to similar charges last week, U.S. Attorney Richard Roper said. The two wrongfully took $61,457 in 2001 and $77,516 in 2002 and failed to report the income on the firm's tax returns.
Mr. McDonald faces a maximum of 18 months in prison as part of his plea deal; Mr. Cole faces up to 2 years of probation. Both face penalties from the Internal Revenue Service. They will be sentenced Aug. 15.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.