Woman decides to drop appeal over lottery tax

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 posted 10:18 AM EST

WARREN — A woman who thought she didn't owe city income tax on lottery money she and her ex-husband received has given up her appeals court case.

Tina Marie Rodepouch, of Parkman Road Southwest, had filed an appeal with the 11th District Court of Appeals challenging a Warren Municipal Court decision Sept. 20, 2005, saying she had to pay city taxes on the money.

But she has dropped that case and will continue to pay the taxes, said Gregory V. Hicks, Warren's law director.

"She didn't want to spend any more money fighting it," Hicks said of Rodepouch.

According to court documents, Steve Rodepouch won a yearly prize payout in 1987 from the Ohio Lottery for life with the stipulation that a minimum amount was guaranteed.

In 2001, his marriage to Tina Marie Rodepouch was dissolved, and the two agreed to split the $52,000 annual amount evenly.

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