Schwartz v. Harris
Annotate this CaseBy decree of the district court, the marriage of Husband and Wife was dissolved. The decree also divided the marital estate. Husband appealed, challenging various aspects of the property division. The Supreme Court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded, holding that the district court (1) did not err in valuing the estate as of 2009 instead of 2002, when the parties separated; (2) did not err in its valuation of businesses owned or partly owned by Husband; (3) erred by failing to award Husband an offset credit for thousands of dollars paid to Wife between 2002 and 2009; and (4) erred by ordering that Husband pay $1.259 million equalization payment to Wife without providing a method of payment. Remanded for adoption of a reasonable payment plan for payment of the large equalization payment.
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