Court Opinion

ID: 9514312
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 22:48:34.772194+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:16.009411
License: Public Domain

SABERS, Justice
(specially concurring in part and dissenting in part).
[¶ 56] I would reverse and remand on issue 1, property distribution, because the wife is not entitled to one-half of the marital property when she already has nonmarital property of at least $562,000. Under these circumstances, she should receive no more than forty percent of the marital property, which would be approximately $270,000. This would still leave her with a total of approximately $832,000 compared to husband at $405,000.
[¶ 57] I would reverse and remand on issue 3, child support, to reconsider the ability of each to pay based on income and income-producing property. These calculations should realistically include the income from wife’s nonmarital trust property of $562,000.
[¶ 58] I also join the writing of Justice GILBERTSON on all issues.