Marriage of Hamilton v. Hamilton

The wife appeals from that portion of a marriage dissolution decree of the Yellowstone County District Court which distributed the marital estate upon the dissolution of the marriage. Because the required findings were not entered, however, we cannot review the case on the merits, and therefore must remand it to the District Court.

The findings are totally inadequate in relation to the valuation of the marital estate, and the failure to decide whether the husband’s dental office and the real estate upon which it is situated, is part of the marital estate.

In seeking to arrive at a valuation of…