Man adopts 42 year old girlfriend

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<p>@EK- ew. Just ew.</p>

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<p>Wow. That’s a nice trust fund. I wonder what the “real” kids are going to think some day about sharing that money with their new “big sis.” LOL.</p>

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<p>"I wonder what the ‘real’ kids are going to think some day about sharing that money with their new ‘big sis.’ "</p>

<p>I think someone needs to explain to Mr. Goodman the Law of Unintended Consequences.</p>

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<p>This guy is facing hard time in a Florida state prison, then he is screwed. Even with all his money he may not be able to stay out of jail–Florida is tough on DUI, especially when there is serious injury or death involved. His kids, his girlfriend/daughter, and the victim’s family won’t be the only ones seeking money from him–the inmates in prison will shake him down too for big money or else! Desperate people like Goodman do desperate things.</p>

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<p>Would be great if the daughter took her share of the trust fund and dumped him.</p>

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<p>LOL. Yeah, I thought so.</p>

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<p>Last year we had this kind of adoption in Delaware. Heirs of the prominent Gore family (Goretex not Al) are squabbling over money. One woman adopted her ex-husband so the grandmothers money would be divided “more fairly” to her than her siblings. … Or something. It was a slick, legal manoever.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110112/BUSINESS/101120356/Gore-family-feud-Judge-will-decide-between-two-trusts[/URL]”>http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110112/BUSINESS/101120356/Gore-family-feud-Judge-will-decide-between-two-trusts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The kids are ticked that their newest sibling is dad’s girlfriend? I’m shocked, I tell you! Shocked!</p>

<p>ETA: I didn’t realize his children were teenagers. Glad to know that he’s more interested in protecting his millions than keeping a good relationship with his relatively young children. What a great guy :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Circuit Court Judge Glenn Kelley, who granted attorneys for Liz and William Wilson the right to information to about the adoption, described Goodman’s gambit as “border[ing] on the surreal,” and said it put the court in a “legal twilight zone.”</p>

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<p>It would be amusing if “Daddy’s little girl” did get her share of the millions and promptly kicked him to the curb. Even funnier if she left him for a younger man.</p>

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<p>Some of you have odd ideas on what’s funny.</p>

<p>His crime was serious, but he did not get up in the morning and formulate a plan to kill someone. 30 years in jail and losing all his money may be in excess of what is required to maintain a just society.</p>

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<p>30 years in jail and losing all his money may be in excess of what is required to maintain a just society.</p>

<p>How do you think he should be punished for choosing to drive drunk, disregarding traffic laws- taking someones life & leaving the scene?</p>

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<p>What do I think? 3-5 years maybe.</p>

<p>Sentencing in the US tends to be excessive.</p>

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<p>Goodman may not have intended to kill anyone, but he formulated the perfect plan to kill someone as soon as he allegedly made the decision while drunk to get in his car, put keys in ignition, and started driving down the road in his Bentley convertible. Goodman it seems made a horrible decision which ended up with an innocent person dead. DUI is such a widespread problem that the state has tightened down and now prosecutes violaters hard; it’s no fun seeing folks go to jail by any stretch of the imagination, but a line has to be drawn to try to reduce and stop DUI. Anyone driving after a couple of drinks can end up in prison for a long time, or end up killing themselves or others while driving drunk.</p>

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<p>I agree with Sorghum. The uproar over DUI in this country, fueled by MADD propaganda, has created a witch hunt wherein people believe that it’s right to ruin a man’s life and the lives of his family with draconian sentences for a simple mistake that many Americans have made. This witchhunt will ruin many lives of good people before we decide that the policies are too harsh.</p>

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<p>Many Americans have killed someone while driving drunk and then leave the scene?!</p>

<p>This is NOT a simple DWI. He KILLED someone.</p>

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<p>The guy is not going to even come close to losing all his money. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>I’m saying that many americans have driven “under the influence.” That was Goodman’s mistake, it’s a simple tragedy that this mistake led to a death. He doesn’t deserve the same sentence (20 years or more) as a deliberate murderer. He could spend less time in prison if he had plotted and killed his girlfriend than if he is given the maximum sentence here. Don’t you think that’s ridiculous?</p>

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<p>I agree that his transgression does not equal deliberately plotting to kill his girlfriend. But 3-5 for killing a 23 y/o and leaving the scene? NONSENSE. Simple tragedy? Also nonsense. Completely preventable, and leaving the scene was not a “mistake,” that was a willful refusal to own his behavior.</p>

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<p>Morally, he did not formulate any more criminal intent than a regular DWI. Sure, in this case the fleeing the scene aspect makes it worse.</p>

<p>But what about somehow who, cold stone sober, deliberately runs a stop light - and kills somebody. 30 years in jail?</p>