Legal Opinion

Fletcher v. Fletcher

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 2018No. 7318 S-16508PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The primary issues in this divorce case are whether the superior court abused its discretion by determining the parties' separation date and erred by dividing the marital estate 50/50. For the reasons that follow, we answer "no" to the former and "yes" to the latter.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

A. Facts

Linda and David Fletcher were married in 1990. They have three children, one of whom was a minor at the time of their 2015 divorce trial. The parties dispute their separation date: Linda argues it was in 2010, when David physically moved out of the house and began…

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Merrill v. MerrillAlaska Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Beals v. BealsAlaska Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Schanck v. SchanckAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Odom v. OdomAlaska Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Nicholson v. WolfeAlaska Supreme Court · 1999

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  4. Faris v. TaylorAlaska Supreme Court · 2019
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