Beals v. Beals

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Patricia Beals challenges the superior court's property division in a divorcee case. Patricia argues that the superior court incorrectly characterized as separate property a lot that she and her former husband, Mark Beals, jointly purchased with cash obtained from refinancing their marital home, which Mark had owned before their marriage. Patricia also contends that the superior court erroneously valued the mortgage on their marital home as of the time of separation rather than the time of trial. Because the entire value of the jointly titled lot…