Opinion ID: 2271826
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Dorothy's Alleged Financially Harmful Actions

Text: The majority of Andrew's appeal is premised on his argument that the trial justice failed to compensate him adequately for certain actions of Dorothy that Andrew asserts substantially reduced the marital estate and caused him financial harm, particularly in relation to his business, Connect Corporation. As an initial matter, we note that the trial justice said that she consider[ed] all the variables in the equitable distribution statute. Although the trial justice did not delineate those factors with the precision we like to see, a review of the record nonetheless indicates that she reflected upon each relevant factor set forth in the equitable distribution statute, including the eleventh factor, which directs the trial justice to consider [e]ither party's wasteful dissipation of assets or any transfer or encumbrance of assets made in contemplation of divorce without fair consideration. Section 15-5-16.1(a)(11); see Olivieri v. Olivieri, 760 A.2d 1246, 1250 (R.I.2000). We hold that the trial justice did not abuse her discretion when she made her factual findings and when she distributed the parties' marital property according to the statutory factors enumerated in § 15-5-16.1(a). 1