Brooks v. Brooks

OPINION

RABINO WITZ, Justice.

In this appeal, Robert Brooks challenges the property division made by the superior court in conjunction with a divorce proceeding.

Robert and Iris Brooks were married on December 26, 1957, in Kingston, Jamaica. Iris was 31, Robert 39. They have lived in Alaska since their marriage and in Kodiak for the last twenty years. There are no children of the marriage.

Robert is a carpenter by trade. He worked out of the union in Kodiak until 1969, when he opened a tool and auto rental business which has a current value of $70,000. The business generally shows an operating…