Coffland v. Coffland

O P I N I 0 N

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Ken Coffland appeals the trial court's distribution of marital property in his divorce case. He argues that discovery sanctions imposed by the court precluded him from proving that certain promissory notes existed and were marital debts. Although the superior court's discovery sanctions were appropriate, we conclude that the trial court erred in not considering two of the debts, which Susan Coffland admitted were incurred during the marriage.

II, FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Susan and Kenneth Coffland married on April 6, 1983 in Kodiak. Their daughter, Megan,…