Sly v. Sly

OPINION

This is an appeal from a judgment dividing property in an action for divorce, and from an order denying appellant’s motion to amend the judgment or, in the alternative, for a new trial. Below, each party claimed that a community property interest had been created in the other’s separate real property by virtue of community assets contributed to the purchase or improvement of these properties. Because we are unable to discover a basis in the record for the property division ordered by the district court, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

At the time of their marriage in March of…