The motion says if Goodman wanted to protect Hutchins and take care of her financially "the obvious solution would be to marry her -- not to make her his child."

Obviously this is a followup, which means y'all have already discussed this before. But I'm going to say anyway that if he marries her she can divorce him and sue him for "her share" of his wealth. Whereas if she's considered his child, he can give her money as he sees fit, but is under no obligation to do so.

"My gawd, ya doin it backwods!"

Isn't there some sort of law or code that says you aren't allowed to have sex with your stepchild? Maybe the guy has a wife / daughter fetish.

I bet John Goodman the actor is really pissed.

The point of the adoption, as I recall, is to get his hands on some of the money locked up in trust funds of which his children are beneficiaries, which is naturally something which his children may not care for seeing as it reduces their share substantially.

The issue is not protecting his girlfriend's future or avoiding taxes, a divorce settlement, or what not, but using her as a cat's paw to get money he badly needs because of cash flow problems right now but can not legally touch. As a child, she gets an equal share of the money and he is presumably counting on her to be grateful enough to supply him with the money he needs now (perhaps due to a promise of marriage or a cut of the cash).

It's just a straight out raid on the trust fund to benefit himself financially. In equity, it should probably not be allowed by a court, because it violates the purpose of the trust fund. In the real world, of course, trustees and guardians have been robbing children of their trusts for centuries, and he might succeed, but the children in question seem to be adults, which means they can stand up for their own interests.

brantgoose: The point of the adoption, as I recall, is to get his hands on some of the money locked up in trust funds of which his children are beneficiaries, which is naturally something which his children may not care for seeing as it reduces their share substantially.

The issue is not protecting his girlfriend's future or avoiding taxes, a divorce settlement, or what not, but using her as a cat's paw to get money he badly needs because of cash flow problems right now but can not legally touch. As a child, she gets an equal share of the money and he is presumably counting on her to be grateful enough to supply him with the money he needs now (perhaps due to a promise of marriage or a cut of the cash).

It's just a straight out raid on the trust fund to benefit himself financially. In equity, it should probably not be allowed by a court, because it violates the purpose of the trust fund. In the real world, of course, trustees and guardians have been robbing children of their trusts for centuries, and he might succeed, but the children in question seem to be adults, which means they can stand up for their own interests.

esp since he is about to lose the rest of his money ..
his poor gf with have nothing .... LOL

schubie: This guy drunkenly ran a stop sign in his Bentley and flipped another guy's car into a drainage canal, leaving him trapped upside down and drowning in muck. That has to be in the top 20 most terrifying ways to die.



/I'm not even a Ted Kennedy hater

Moopy Mac: cig-mkr: Isn't there some sort of law or code that says you aren't allowed to have sex with your stepchild? Maybe the guy has a wife / daughter fetish.

It wouldn't be his step-daughter, she would legally be his daughter (which legally is probably about the same as a step-daughter). And I'm confident that most states do not differentiate between adopted and natural children in their incest laws.

You are right, she would be his daughter, and that would constitute incest !
Can see the Fark ready headline now: Man charged with incest for having sex with his wife!

schubie: This guy drunkenly ran a stop sign in his Bentley and flipped another guy's car into a drainage canal, leaving him trapped upside down and drowning in muck. That has to be in the top 20 most terrifying ways to die.

So? It was just a peasant.

Holy crap, look at his picture. Not only does he have the face of a smug scumbag, he's got the look of a man who is saying "This is all going to blow over, and I'm totally going to get away with it."

Which in all likelihood, he will.

cig-mkr: Moopy Mac: cig-mkr: Isn't there some sort of law or code that says you aren't allowed to have sex with your stepchild? Maybe the guy has a wife / daughter fetish.

It wouldn't be his step-daughter, she would legally be his daughter (which legally is probably about the same as a step-daughter). And I'm confident that most states do not differentiate between adopted and natural children in their incest laws.

You are right, she would be his daughter, and that would constitute incest !
Can see the Fark ready headline now: Man charged with incest for having sex with his wife!

There was a guy in MD a few years back that was charged with Statutory Rape for having sex with his wife. The prosecutor took the view that while you can get married at age 14 in MD with parental consent, that did not change the fact that MD's Age of Consent was 16 (the groom was 28 BTW)

cwolf20: wrongful death slut.

That is an awesome metal band name if I have ever heard one.

It is sad that the main thing I got out of that article is that he named his bio kids Lili and Willie.