Simeng Wu-Carter v. Thomas G.J. Carter

Justice Flaherty, for the Court.

The defendant, Thomas Carter, appeals from a Family Court decision pending entry of final judgment following a divorce proceeding. The trial justice found the marital estate to be virtually nonexistent, with most of the disputed assets belonging solely to the plaintiff, Simeng Wu-Carter. Thomas disagrees with that finding; he argues that the trial justice erred in not identifying certain assets as marital property, which would have been subject to equitable distribution upon divorce. 1

This case came before the Supreme Court pursuant to an order directing the…