Opinion ID: 897593
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Edward Jones Account

Text: [¶7] Steven objects to the court's award to Donna of an Edward Jones retirement account in the amount of $4,840. Donna apparently concedes that the account is titled solely in Steven's name, because she states in her appellate brief that [Steven] had sole access to the account. The court awarded the account to Donna stating, Steven's Exhibit 27 shows the account going to Donna, so the court will give the account to Donna. However, the N.D.R.Ct. 8.3 Property and Debt Listing indicates this account is a retirement account. We conclude the court's disposition of this asset is not in accordance with the prenuptial agreement, which provides, [n]either party shall have any claim to any retirement account . . . of the other during any divorce proceedings. This is a retirement account titled in Steven's name, and under the foregoing language of the prenuptial agreement, we conclude it was error for the court not to award this account to Steven. We, therefore, reverse that part of the court's property distribution, and upon remand, direct the court to award the Edward Jones retirement account to Steven.