In re Marriage of Smith

SUMMARY

August 22, 2024

2024COA95

No. 22CA2182, In re Marriage of Smith — Family Law —

Dissolution — Disposition of Property — Irrevocable Family

Trust — Donative Third Party Instruments

In this domestic relations case, husband appeals from the

district court’s permanent orders concerning the division of the

parties’ marital estate. A division of the court of appeals considers

whether wife’s beneficiary interest in an irrevocable family trust

constitutes property or an economic circumstance. The division

concludes that wife’s interest in the family trust was discretionary

and, therefore, was not…