robby120
07-30-2009, 11:59 PM
My wife and I have been together for 5 years and married for 11 months.
She has a 28 year old son who bounces around from job-to-job and place-to-place. He's currently living out of state right now but wants to move back to where we live. Of course he's flat broke so we have to financially help him as is always the case.
We own our home but she wants to buy a fixer upper house to rent out to her son. Which in itself is OK. We have talked about getting into rental properties for some time and this would be a good way to get our feet wet. But today she suggested something so crazy that I'm still in shock. She proposed that we get a temporary divorce so she can take advantage of the $8,000.00 tax credit going on right now for first time home buyers. Then after she buys the home and we fix it up we can get re-married. Her credit rating is pretty bad so she feels this would help out. Needless to say I was floored by all this. Am I wrong to feel angry that her son and an $8K tax credit is worth more than our marriage? She swears it's just for the money and that we'd be better off to do this. I think otherwise. At the very least wouldn't the IRS figure it out as a sham and come after both of us? What's even more disconcerting is that she worked for the IRS for seven years. So she should know better than to try and pull a stunt like this.
I don't know how to handle this.... help!
She has a 28 year old son who bounces around from job-to-job and place-to-place. He's currently living out of state right now but wants to move back to where we live. Of course he's flat broke so we have to financially help him as is always the case.
We own our home but she wants to buy a fixer upper house to rent out to her son. Which in itself is OK. We have talked about getting into rental properties for some time and this would be a good way to get our feet wet. But today she suggested something so crazy that I'm still in shock. She proposed that we get a temporary divorce so she can take advantage of the $8,000.00 tax credit going on right now for first time home buyers. Then after she buys the home and we fix it up we can get re-married. Her credit rating is pretty bad so she feels this would help out. Needless to say I was floored by all this. Am I wrong to feel angry that her son and an $8K tax credit is worth more than our marriage? She swears it's just for the money and that we'd be better off to do this. I think otherwise. At the very least wouldn't the IRS figure it out as a sham and come after both of us? What's even more disconcerting is that she worked for the IRS for seven years. So she should know better than to try and pull a stunt like this.
I don't know how to handle this.... help!