Opinion ID: 2293705
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The NFCU Credit Card Debt

Text: [¶ 23] We review the court's factual determination of the value of marital debt for clear error. See Theberge v. Theberge, 2010 ME 132, ¶ 17, 9 A.3d 809; Hess v. Hess, 2007 ME 82, ¶ 15, 927 A.2d 391 (stating that marital property includes marital debt within the meaning of 19-A M.R.S. § 953 (2011)). Clear error exists when a finding is unsupported by competent evidence in the record. Theberge, 2010 ME 132, ¶ 17, 9 A.3d 809. [¶ 24] The court's finding that the debt owed on the NFCU credit card was $28,000 is clearly erroneous. Keri never testified to the amount of the debt on that credit card, although she listed the debt as being $28,000 in her proposed divorce judgment. She admitted in her opposition to Robert's motion for reconsideration that she was unaware of the actual balance of said debt. In contrast, Robert introduced a credit card statement at the divorce hearing, apparently admitted for substantive purposes, which showed the balance on the card to be $22,040 as of three days before the hearing. Accordingly, the court's finding that the value of the debt on the NFCU credit card was $28,000 is not supported by competent evidence in the record and is clearly erroneous.