to protect his assets, goodman adopted his girlfriend, heather hutch shins -- hutchens has his daughter. by transferring it to his daughter before the trial it is safe and cannot be touched. >> here she become as beneficiary and now that he is is -- she is 42 is entitled to it. it's either bream yant or a crazy stunt. >> reporter: good man's lawyer said it was designed for estate planning and to guarantee his children's future not to shield his trial from a lawsuit. his trial starts in march. goodman hit wilson so hard that the car landed in a canal and began sinking. >>> around the nation tonight a daycare bus crash sent one person to the hospital. luckily there were no children on the bus. police are investigating but police said the bus driver was not at fault. >>> the dpefer mom who left her two toddlers in a van recently is out of the hospital. sara hatfield claims she has in idea how she ended 12 miles away from the van. the last thing she remembers -- >> reporter: what's the last as.ng you remember about >> doctors are trying to figure out with may have happened but believe hatfi

it's making heather hutchens his legal daughter.ed of exploiting a legal loophole to protect his millions from a bitter civil lawsuit. it started in february 2010. when he was allegedly driving home with a blood alcohol twice the legal limit. he hit this car, causing it to flip into this kanaan. the young man inside drowned. goodman allegedly walked away from the scene. >> are you sure you don't want to say anything to the young man's family? >> reporter: wilson's parents are suing goodman. they might not get any money even if they win. the majority of his fortune is untouchable, tied up in a trust fund for his teenage children. after adopting his girlfriend and making they are part of the trust, she could cash out part of that fortune and share it with him. >> because she's 42 years old, she is immediately entitled to the money. >> reporter: goodman's lawyer insists the adoption was designed for estate planning. not to shield his fortune from a lawsuit. a probate court has to decide if the adoption is legitimate or a sham. the pare

. >> reporter: back in october, he legally adopted heather hutchens as his daughter.attorneys for goodman's children demanded a judge toss out the adoption. >> he stands to gain a minimum of $250,000 a year for as long as she lives. she could realize as much as $5 million a year in distributions from the trust. >> reporter: every year? >> yes. >> reporter: she could get as much as $200 million over the next 40 years. the crown jewel? one of the biggest polo clubs in the world. goodman is trying to keep most of the money for himself, as he faces a dui manslaughter charge for allegedly killing 23-year-old scott wilson in 2010. >> uh, yes, i just had a wreck. and i um -- um -- my phone was dead and i'm on -- where am i? >> reporter: allegedly smashing his bentley into wilson's hyundai and leaving him to drown. >> i ran down the road to a barn. >> reporter: wilson's family is suing goodman for $100 million. >> are you sure you don't want to say anything to thedown man's family? >> reporter: court documents allege goodman kept the details away from his children who never s

. >> reporter: back in october, he legally adopted heather hutchens as his daughter.ast. he ended up in a quiet american town where no one from his neighbors, coworkers, and apparently not even his children flew the secret. until now. for almost 20 years, he appeared to be just mike maher, the quiet cable guy. this morning, his true iddy revealed. fast eddie maher. wanted for a 19-year-old bank heist. >> i wouldn't expect someone to be in ozark, missouri right across the street from me. >> reporter: they nabbed him there this week. he allegedly stole an armored van in england while working as a security guard. by 1997 he apparent lid skipped to the u.s. under aliases. moving states every couple of years before settling in missouri with his wife and two sons. >> i have a different last name than what i have grown up with. >> reporter: his oldest son said he had no idea. >> he wouldn't do this by choice. he doesn't commit crimes. he's the one that gets me out of trouble. >> reporter: police received an anonymous tip that michael maher might be a fugitive from england. t