Hanson v. Hanson

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The divorce of Hans and Michelle Hanson required the division and distribution of assets that included an ongoing business, an investment account funded with business profits, proceeds from the sale of a business vehicle, the business’s 2001 tax refund, and the couple’s residence. The superior, court determined that Hans’s ninety-five percent share in the business and the investment account were Hans’s separate property, that the 2001 tax refund was not a distinct asset but had been taken into account in valuing the business, that the proceeds from the…