In Re Marriage of Fisk

Opinion

SCOTLAND, J.

The sole question raised in this appeal is whether the spouse of an injured person who, during their marriage, used community property to pay expenses resulting from the injury is entitled to reimbursement for his or her share of the community assets so expended when such reimbursement is sought from a workers’ compensation permanent disability award received by the injured spouse after separation.

Appellant Rita Marie Fisk contends the workers’ compensation permanent disability award respondent Edward Elton Fisk was to receive after their separation should be considered…