| 1979 |
| June 1979: Tom Padgett
and Laura marry in Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 1980 |
| 1980: Daughter born |
| 1984 |
| 1984: Son born |
| 1989 |
| November
1989 - March 1990: Laura and the children live in Virginia apart from Tom
for about 8 months while Tom Padgett lives in Lexington Kentucky |
| 1991 |
| August 1991: Tom moves
to Michigan, leaving Julie and Beau in Lexington Kentucky with Laura for
11 1/2 months (until the divorce is filed). Tom visits Laura, Julie and
Beau roughly once a month. The childred visit him, seperately, occasionally
during that year (four visits for Julie, two visits for Beau). |
| 1992 |
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16 July 1992: The house in Kentucky owned by Tom and Laura, in which
Laura and the kids have been living apart from Tom, sells.
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21-25 July 1992: Laura travels to Michigan and discovers the note
with Tom scheduling an adulterous liaison.
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29 July 1992: Laura files for divorce
in Madisonville Kentucky (Hopkins County)
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13 August 1992: Tom Padgett files for
divorce in Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County).
- 1 September 1992: Laura's reply
to Tom Padgett's motion to dismiss the divorce suit.
- 2 September 1992: The judge rules
that venue for the divorce is in Hopkins County.
- 13 October, 1992: Laura's motion
for Padgett to produce financial records he's been hiding.
- 2 November, 1992: The first of many: one of Tom Padgett's attorneys,
Thomas Turner, resigns 3 months and a week into the case. He later
sues Padgett for not paying lawyer bills.
- 5 December, 1992: Tom Padgett answers
interrogatories.
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| 1993 |
- 3 February, 1993: Judge's Orders,
including having a bailiff accompany Padgett so he'll sign a document
as he promised to.
- 18 May, 1993: Motion to hold Padgett in contempt
for, among other things, not paying medical and dental bills.
- 29 June, 1993: Judge's orders. Padgett
gets a break.
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