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• Two bills would affect couples planning marriage, contemplating divorce Deseret News Jim Nielson, R-Bountiful, is also seeking to change the divorce law so that a person who wants to file for divorce must take an orientation course before filing. Currently, divorcing couples must take an orientation course before the divorce is ... and more »

• Tax trial hears details of polygamist's divorce Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — BC polygamist Winston Blackmore's divorce from his first wife Jane — the only one of his 22 wives recognized by law — was pried open at his trial in the Tax Court of Canada on Thursday. Blackmore is fighting an audit of tax returns he filed ... and more »

• Winston Blackmore at centre of Federal Tax Court fight Calgary Herald Bountiful is not a religious commune and at best one of its leaders, Winston Blackmore, is nothing more than patriarch of a large, polygamous family. That's what Justice Department lawyers will try to prove over the next three weeks in Federal Tax ... and more »

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  Blackmore describes living arrangements with his 21 wives Globe and Mail On the stand in federal tax court, Bountiful leader Winston Blackmore confirmed that he had 21 wives, including sisters whom he married on the same day in the same ceremony. “These are pretty much the list of people who lived with me as wives,” Mr. and more »

• Polygamous leader fights tax ruling in BC court CBC.ca Blackmore's lawyer David Davies asked him if his small income was enough to support his current family. "In my view it is, considering all the basic staples that are provided," he told the trial. Blackmore spent much of the day explaining to the court ... and more »

• Polygamist accused of tax fraud defends himself in court Montreal Gazette The Bountiful community near Cranbrook, BC, where Blackmore's large family lives, is a fundamentalist breakaway Mormon sect. Federal Justice lawyer Lynn Burch, acting for the CRA, said the trial, set down for three weeks, will hear that Bountiful ... and more »

• Bountiful polygamist defines followers as a religious commune in federal tax ... The Province Jane, a midwife, left Winston and Bountiful in 2002 and bought a house in Cranbrook, BC They are now divorced. Blackmore said he did not actually live with any of his wives or children, but lives in "an apartment" in his late father's "old house. and more »

• Globe and Mail

  Polygamist Blackmore not entitled to tax break on religious grounds, court told Globe and Mail Mr. Blackmore directs what his family should do – “especially young men, who go out and work for a pittance,” Justice Department lawyer Lynn Burch said in opening statements on Monday. It's such young men, many making less than minimum wage, ... and more »

• Polygamist accused of tax fraud defends himself in court Vancouver Sun The Bountiful community near Cranbrook, BC, where Blackmore's large family lives, is a fundamentalist breakaway Mormon sect. Federal Justice lawyer Lynn Burch, acting for the CRA, said the trial, set down for three weeks, will hear that Bountiful ... and more »

• Polygamist accused of tax fraud defends himself in court Victoria Times Colonist The Bountiful community near Cranbrook, BC, where Blackmore's large family lives, is a fundamentalist breakaway Mormon sect. Federal Justice lawyer Lynn Burch, acting for the CRA, said the trial, set down for three weeks, will hear that Bountiful ... and more »

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