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Florida millionaire John Goodman recently adopted his girlfriend so that a family suing him will have access to less of his money. Goodman is being sued by the family of a young man who died after his car was hit by Goodman's car. After the wreck it was learned that Goodman was driving drunk.
At one point the judge in the case ruled that all the money in Goodman's children's trust funds could not be touched to pay out a settlement if Goodman lost the suit. As a result, late last year Goodman adopted his girlfriend. Now his girlfriend is, by law, entitled to one-third of Goodman's wealth. So far Goodman's children have trust funds totaling $200 million.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094910/John-Goodman-Florida-polo-tycoon-adopts-girlfriend-Heather-Hutchins-42-DAUGHTER-protect-fortune-family-man-killed-DUI-crash.html
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)What a wonderful guy.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)the RWers would have a field day tearing him down and cutting him to shreds.
Otherwise, ... they'll protect his ass ...
KansDem
(28,498 posts)As her "adoptive parent," can he be arrested for incest?
Since she's 42 I doubt if he can be charged with "child molestaton."
But this is all kinds of weird!
Zebedeo
(2,322 posts)in Florida because she is not closely related to him. No lineal consanguinuity.
JI7
(89,264 posts)the fucker is wealthy . he was in the wrong so why not give some to those he hurt. fucking scumbag.
monmouth
(21,078 posts)and got him out of handling the family money. Air conditioning business. Nancy Brinker's maiden name is Goodman. Any relation I wonder, probably just a coincidence. Roy Black is his attorney. Google probably has the whole thing.