(Linda Dorfmont)" <DORFM...[at]aol.com> wrote:

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How is this any different than being evicted from a mobile
home park, because your house is too old or the park is
closing? I've been involved in that situation with a friend
and although it cost over $12,000 to relocate, the MHP owner
offered nothing in compensation. Life is not always fair,
especially if you are elderly and live in non- standard
housing.

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Harlan Lunsford <hnslunsf...[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:
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Thanks, everyone. They did donate their other boat, also at
the same marina, a few years ago. I'll call her this morning
and tell her to contact that charity. Apparently they will
take boats.

Linda

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Bill Brown wrote:
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Plus of course being busy this time of year. But really,
here is a personal loss entirely.

(waves to Linda!)

ChEAr$,
Harlan

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DORFMONT[at]aol.com (Linda Dorfmont)" <DORFMONT[at]aol.com> wrote:

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I think you just have a personal abandonment. Nothing
deductible.

--
Bruce Davidson Cantor, CPA, JD
Admitted in Colorado

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DORFMONT[at]aol.com (Linda Dorfmont)" <DORFMONT[at]aol.com> wrote:

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Come think of it, have them donate it to a 501(c)(3).

Dick

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"(Linda Dorfmont)" <DORFM...[at]aol.com> wrote:

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I don't see any standing for a deductible loss of any sort.
Apprently no one else does either or they would have jumped
in with a response.

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"(Linda Dorfmont)" <DORFM...[at]aol.com> wrote:

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Is anybody going to comment on this situation?

Linda

Moderator:
How is this different from not having your lease renewed
and being unable to move some major furniture?

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My client, who has been living on a boat, called for her
appointment this year. It seems she and her husband have
been evicted from their slip at the marina because the
harbormaster doesn't want a wooden hulled boat messing up
his domain. He also doesn't take kindly to the husband who
vaguely resembles Jeremiah Johnson in appearance and is a
highly paid aerospace technician. After searching around the
local area (Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Long Beach, San
Pedro - lots of beaches here) they could find no marina that
would take the wooden boat. They were forced to buy a
motorhome to live in since they were evicted from the
marina. The harbormaster has told them that they have to
move the boat somewhere or he will have it removed. They
just gave up and left it in the slip.

Can they deduct the loss of the boat due to some kind of
calamity? It was not eminent domained. It was not actually
stolen but they were forcibly deprived of its use. I'm
trying to get her to get an appraisal of the boat. I'm also
wondering what the harbormaster is going to do with it.

Linda Dorfmont E.A., CFP, CSA

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