From: tyger@netcom.com (Kristen Kohlbecker)
Subject: Why there might be a need for a (Pre-Sex Contract)
Organization:  Something close to nothing, but different than the day before
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 08:09:19 GMT

sheaffer@netcom.com (Robert Sheaffer) writes:
>Look, by the time she finishes reading that damn contract, and has
>pondered the implications of each of its sub-clauses and paragraphs,
>and consulted with her lawyer, she *won't* be in the mood any more!
>And so you won't be needing it!!!

But there's always later...

After all, you could end up like this poor sot...

Reprinted without permission from the San Jose Mercury News
(Originally appearing in the Orange County Register)

TALE OF THE RICH: DAUGHTER NEEDS $6,000 A MONTH IN SUPPORT

SANTA ANA: A dilemma only for the ultra-rich: Can a court order you to indulge
your children?

Though not a burning legal issue, it still ignited furious debate in Orange
County's highest court.

When a wealthy Laguna Hills woman demanded an increase in her ex-husband's
child support payment - with evidence showing monthly expenditures by her 15
year old daughter that included $2,000 for clothing, $300 for jewelry, and 
$1,600 for recreation and travel - one judge blanched.

"If the custodial parent in this case wants to teach her daughter to be a 
power shopper, so be it, " Presiding Appeals Justice David Sills wrote in a
recent decision. "The laws of child support, however, does not require a 
father to pay the tuition for such training."

But Sills proved to be in the minority. Two other judges overruled his ire 
and approved a boost in child support payments from $2,000 to $6,000 per
month.

Associate Justice Edward Wallin and Associate Justice Henry Moore, Jr. said 
case law is clear. A parent's lifestyle can be a factor in determining the 
amount of child support.

At the center of the debate is Ed Ulyate, 45, who made a fortune selling mini
blinds.

Three years ago, he divorced his wife of 21 years, Sheryle. He bought out her
half of the Irvine company, 3 Day Blinds, then valued at $15 million. Ulyate 
then married his secretary, sold the company for $35 million and settled into 
- by his own sworn statement - a "life of luxury" with a Virginia estate, a
Florida waterfront home, $10 million in the bank, 32 vintage automobiles, an
airplane, a helicopter, and a 48 foot yacht.

After Ed's bonanza, Sheryle came to court with a list of demands for her 
daughter. 

Sheryle argued that her ex-husband, already paying $2,000 in monthly child
support, should contribute for their child's $50,000 Porsche, a swimming pool,
a diamond ring, and an increase in child support to $15,000 a month in 
support payments.

In a 1990 court hearing, Superior Court Judge Nancy Wieben Stock cut back the
list. She ordered no Porsche, pool, or ring.

But Stock did find that the child's usual expenses amounted to $9,000 a month
and ordered Ed Ulyate to pay $6,000 of that every month until the girl 
graduates from High School in June.

Ed Ulyate filed an appeal arguing that the increase didn't make sense, 
particularly when his ex-wife earns $768,000 a year in interest on her 
millions. 

Only Presiding Justice Sills agreed. "In a free society, parents may spoil
their children - courts should not compel it," he said.
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Now I don't know about anyone else, but I would have told the former Ms. 
Ulyate to take her demands for her daughter and shove them up the first
available body cavity. (Probably her mouth, but nevertheless...)

My take on the situation, admittedly filtered through my parents and the
local press, is that the ex saw that the former hubby was doing alright
without her, in fact quite a bit better than alright, and decided that her
piece of his pie was *way* too small.

Demands for her *daughter*, my dimpled behind.

And women wonder where these pre-sex contracts come from...

>Robert Sheaffer 

Tyger
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