Brooks v. Brooks (In re Brooks)

*913In this dissolution action, appellant Violet Brooks (Wife) appeals from an order entered after trial on the bifurcated property issue of how to apportion certain stock appreciation. Respondent Evan Brooks (Husband) owned stock in a business he started prior to marriage; the trial court applied the Van Camp formula1 to apportion the appreciation of the stock during the marriage. Utilizing this approach, the court characterized the increased value of the stock after marriage as return on Husband's separate property, finding that Husband did not contribute to the growth of the business after the…