Schmidt v. Schmidt

The instant appeal arises out of a final judgment of dissolution ending the nearly thirty-year marriage of Brian and Deborah Schmidt. The final judgment distributed *33nearly $6 million in assets to the husband, nearly $850,000 in assets to the wife, and requires the husband to pay the wife an equalizing payment of approximately $2.5 million. The assets awarded to the husband include the husband’s retail optical business, which the trial court valued at $2,520,562 for purposes of equitable distribution. The judgment requires the payment of $25,000 per month in alimony and $3,192 per month in…