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· 6/19/1997

John Michael Wheeler, Independent of the Estate of Elmore K. Melton, Jr. v. United States

Citations

  • 116 F.3d 749
  • 80 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5075
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 16013
  • 1997 WL 339845

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  • \adequate and full consideration under the exception to section 2036(a) requires only that the sale not deplete the gross estate\
  • “unless a transfer that depletes the transferor’s estate is joined with a transfer that augments the estate by a commensurate (monetary) amount, there is no ‘adequate and full consideration’ for the purposes of either the estate or gift tax”

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Judges: Garwood, Barksdale, Dennis

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