Opinion ID: 1296720
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Rose Method

Text: This court has used an alternative approach for marriages of short duration where there has been no significant commingling of assets. Rose v. Rose, 755 P.2d 1121, 1125 (Alaska 1988). C.B. proposes that this rescission approach should have been used in the present case. The trial court in this case specifically found that this marriage ... is one in which the commingling of assets was general. See Finding No. 6 in Addendum. The Coxes had a joint checking account. Before Vicki's debt to the IRS arose, she deposited her paycheck into that checking account. After they became aware of her debt to the IRS, she removed her name from the joint checking account and deposited her paychecks into a separate account from which the IRS would be paid (the IRS account). However, she continued to transfer money as needed to the checking account in C.B.'s name, from which marital expenses were paid. She also paid for food for the family out of the IRS account. In addition to his paycheck, C.B. also transferred the rental income from the Pokey Circle house into the family checking account. Thus, there is sufficient evidence in the record of commingling so that the trial court's finding regarding this aspect of the parties' management of their property was not clearly erroneous, and therefore C.B.'s argument that the Rose method is appropriate must fail.