Burks v. Burks

May 18, 1977
No. 2945
Reporters:
,
Before:
Binowitz

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal, Laverra E. Burks, contends that the Superior Court erred in ‍‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‍respect to the alimony and property awarded to her in its decree of divorce.

We have carefully reviewed the record in light of the arguments presented in the briefs ‍‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‍and have concluded that the Superior Court did not err in either its award of alimony or in its division of the parties’ property. In Schoning v. Schoning, 550 P.2d ‍‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‍373, 374 (Alaska 1976), we said in part:

This court’s prior decisions have firmly established the rule that the superior court is vested with broad discretion in such ‍‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‍matters as award of alimony and property division, and that we will not interfere with the exercise of that discretion absent clear evidence of an unjust property division.1

AFFIRMED.

Notes

. ‍‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‍In support of the text we cited Burrell v. Burrell, 537 P.2d 1, 4 (Alaska 1975).