Damian Schwarz v. Susan M. Schwarz

¶1 Susan Champagne appeals the property distribution ordered upon the dissolution of her marriage to Damian Schwarz. She challenges the trial court’s characterization and distribution of several of her and Mr. Schwarz’s retirement and other investment accounts. The character of the accounts is complicated by the fact that both parties entered their 13-year marriage with substantial separate assets, whose character was arguably transformed by contributions, transfers, and reinvestment during the course of the marriage.

¶2 The appeal requires us to address several tracing issues and, most…