Brickey v. Brickey

Plaintiff, Doris M. Brickey, was granted a divorce from defendant, Clarence Brickey, in a decree filed February 21,1975. On May 28,1975, three months and some days later, the plaintiff filed a petition requesting the court to award to her the Federal and State income taxes withheld from her salary in 1974 which had been included in the joint income tax return filed by her and defendant for 1974. This return was signed by the plaintiff at the request of the defendant’s bookkeeper on April 15, 1975, two months after the entry of the decree of divorce. The return indicated an overpayment of…