Opinion ID: 2637200
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Award of Marital Home

Text: Gail separately challenges the superior court's decision to award the marital home to Kevin. The superior court found that the marital estate included the family's trailer park business and their home on the hillside. After valuing the total estate at $649,000, the court gave Kevin both the marital home and business, ordering him to make an off-setting payment of $325,000 to Gail. The parties agree that the superior court awarded the marital home to Kevin mainly because it believed that the children should stay in the home. Gail does not challenge this premise; she simply argues that she should be given the marital home because she should have custody of the children. Kevin responds that the superior court properly awarded him the marital home because it houses his business and the children. Our decision to remand this case for a new decision on the issue of custody will provide the superior court with an opportunity to redetermine the award of the marital home on remand if the court gives Gail custody of the children. [32] Accordingly, we need not decide this issue here.