Legal Opinion

Downs v. Downs

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided May 3, 2019No. Supreme Court No. S-16532PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARNEY, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A husband appeals the superior court's unequal property division in a divorce proceeding that gave the wife the majority of the marital estate. He argues that the superior court abused its discretion when dividing the property and that the property division was therefore inequitable. Because the property division was neither clearly unjust nor based on clearly erroneous factual findings, we affirm the superior court's decision.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Errol Downs and Deborah Downs were married in 1985. Errol suffered a heart attack in approximately 1988, had…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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