Shydler v. Shydler

*194OPINION

By the Court, Shearing, J.:

Respondent Thomas J. Shydler (“Tom”) and Alicia Margarita Shydler (“Margaret”) married on June 9, 1976. Tom was a recent college graduate and Margaret worked as an insurance underwriter. After the wedding, Tom began working for Crest-mont, a construction company owned and operated by his father, Hal Shydler.

In 1979, Hal helped Tom set up his own construction-development company, Aztec Enterprises (“Aztec”). By the late 1980s, Aztec began to earn a substantial profit. Aztec’s economic success continued through March 1992, when Tom and Margaret separated, and…