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48 yo multi-millionaire adopts 42 yo girlfriend
Since we're now talking about legal recognition of family, I thought I would throw this subject out there for discussion:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationno...wsuit.html

So this guy in Florida is being sued in a civil wrongful death case for an alleged DUI incident. (He's also charged with vehicular manslaughter in criminal court).

Quote:Authorities say Goodman was driving drunk on Feb. 12, 2010, when he ran a stop sign and slammed into a car driven by Scott Patrick Wilson, 23, killing him. Goodman allegedly fled the scene of the crash and, when found later, he reportedly had a blood-alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit.

By the way, there's a sad C-USA angle to this in that Wilson (the accident victim) was a recent UCF grad.

Anyway, the judge had already ruled that the sizable trust he had set up for his kids could not be touched by any ruling on damages. His kids are minors, so they can't touch the trust themsleves... not yet anyway. The trust is just there in a holding pattern.

But now, by adopting his girlfriend, he has a child who has attained the age of majority and can access the money in the trust.

Even more twisted, one must consider the other legal aspects of the adoption. I am informed that in Florida, there is no ban on sexual relations between a adoptive parent and adult adoptive child. However, numerous states (including Texas) prohibit such relations in criminal law.

Texas Penal Code Wrote:Sec. 25.02. PROHIBITED SEXUAL CONDUCT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with another person the actor knows to be, without regard to legitimacy:
(1) the actor's ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption; [2nd Deg Felony]
(2) the actor's current or former stepchild or stepparent; [3rd Deg Felony]
(3) the actor's parent's brother or sister of the whole or half blood; [3rd Deg Felony]
(4) the actor's brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by adoption; [3rd Deg Felony]
(5) the children of the actor's brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by adoption; [3rd Deg Felony] or
(6) the son or daughter of the actor's aunt or uncle of the whole or half blood or by adoption. [3rd Deg Felony]
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My first thought is that the minor children will have a heck of a lawsuit against their old man assuming he is the trustee.
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Possibly. But it seems like he, as trustee, could also make the decision to have additional biological children who would also be entitled to a share of the trust. Also he could have remarried to a woman with minor children and adopted them, entitling them to the trust. Surely the trust was drafted so as to account for such future children either biologically or by adoption, though it was likely silent on the issue of age at adoption. Obviously it was not drafted in a way that prohibited adult adoption.

Pretty freaking slimy either way.

BTW, I took a peek at Florida statute and the only thing I found in criminal law relating to families does limit it to minors
Florida Criminal Statutes on Sexual Battery Wrote:(8)Without regard to the willingness or consent of the victim, which is not a defense to prosecution under this subsection, a person who is in a position of familial or custodial authority to a person less than 18 years of age and who...[solicits or engages in sexual acts with said person]

Strange considering that Florida criminal statute makes it a 2nd deg misdemeanor to cohabitate with a non-spouse or to carry on an openly adulterous relationship.
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Goodman is not the trustee, but the trustee is now suing him on behalf of the kids.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/...217708.php
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Just goes to show that people will do whatever is allowed if money is involved.
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