Christiansen v. Christiansen

OPINION

PAYNE, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a suit for dissolution of marriage. While married, the parties entered into a written agreement which purported to divide, inter alia, their community interest in the family residence, transmute the community interest in husband’s retirement funds into his own separate property, and require each party to give their child $5,000 upon the sale of the family residence. The trial court ruled, however, that this agreement was inadmissible because it had not been properly acknowledged pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 40-2-4. The trial court also…