The courts sometimes examine whether the spouse seeking relief benefited from the money that should have gone to pay taxes - for instance, if the person seemed to live high on the hog.

Or it "could also be used by head-hunting people" to screen candidates for executive jobs and by contestants in divorces to discredit a spouse seeking custody of children.

This announcement follows the IRS' July repeal of the arbitrary and harmful two-year limit on innocent spouses seeking relief.

Compounding the problem is the fact that the burden of proof of finding such hidden income is on the spouse seeking payment.

The IRS will now consider whether the relationship was abusive and whether the spouse seeking relief was prevented access to household financial information, and other factors.

Prior to the latter decades of the 20th century, a spouse seeking divorce in most states had to show a "fault" such as abandonment, cruelty, incurable mental illness, or adultery.

Before the latter decades of the 20th century, a spouse seeking divorce had to show cause and even then might not be able to obtain a divorce.

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This involves arguing that the spouse seeking the divorce in that state was not domiciled in that state.

Law Approved in 1982 The legislature approved a law in 1982 requiring spouses seeking divorces to swear that they will do nothing to impend their partners from remarrying.