Opinion ID: 2402348
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Appreciation of Defendant's Separate Oil and Gas Holdings

Text: Rosemarie's final alleged error concerning which property was included in the marital estate involves Lance's separate oil and gas holdings. She argues that her expert witness testified that these interests had appreciated by $303,400 over the course of the marriage, whereas defendant's expert failed to appraise the increase in their worth. Thus, she contends, the general magistrate overlooked the uncontroverted evidence when he failed to include any appreciation of these assets in the marital estate. Although we are satisfied that the general magistrate was acting well within his discretionary authority to credit the testimony of one expert over that of another, see Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England, Inc. v. Gelati, 865 A.2d 1028, 1035 (R.I.2004), we need not address the issue at this time. The parties will be required to submit evidence on remand concerning the value of all marital assets as of December 29, 2003, and the Family Court necessarily will make credibility determinations and weigh the evidence anew.