In re the Marriage of Hopkins

Wife appeals from an amended dissolution judgment. We affirm.

In 1976, wife and husband executed a property settlement agreement (1976 agreement) that awarded husband a piece of real property located in Kitsap County, Washington (Kitsap property), which they had owned as tenants in common. The 1976 agreement was incorporated in a separation decree in January, 1977.

The parties did not finally separate until 1981. The dissolution proceeding was filed in 1983. After trial, the court wrote an opinion letter finding, in pertinent part:

“4. Wife was unknowledgeable [sic] regarding husband’s business…