Fairbanks, Alaska family divorce law lawyers represented the parties in dissolution.


A married couple divorced after roughly five years of marriage. They disagreed about custody of their three children, the valuation of a real estate business, whether the business was marital or separate property, the distribution of the marital property, and the amount of child support payments. The... More...    $0 (10-25-2023 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska family law divorce lawyers represented the parties in a dissolution action.


A husband and wife divorced after ten years of marriage. Following a trial, the superior court divided the marital property 60/40 in favor of the wife and awarded her a year of rehabilitative alimony. The court also ordered the husband to pay a $5,000 sanction and attorney's fees incurred as... More...    $0 (03-06-2024 - AK)

Fairbanks, Alaska family law lawyer represented the parties seeking a divorce.


A married couple divorced after roughly five years of marriage. They disagreed about custody of their three children, the valuation of a real estate business, whether the business was marital or separate property, the distribution of the marital property, and the amount of child support payments. The trial... More...    $0 (10-25-2023 - AK)

"The judge in a criminal jury trial plays a variety of important roles, including:

Presiding over the trial: The judge is responsible for maintaining order in the courtroom and ensuring that the trial proceeds fairly. This includes making rulings on evidentiary objections, instructing the jury on the law, and ensuring that both the prosecution and defense have a fair opportunity to pr... More...    $0 (02-05-2020 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska family law lawyers represented the parties in a property dispute arising out of their divorce.


A divorcing couple settled their property dispute by executing a settlement agreement that included a litigation waiver. The superior court accepted the settlement five months later. The woman subsequently sued her former husband, alleging tort claims based upon actions ta... More...    $0 (07-15-2022 - AK)

State of Alaska charged Richard Corum with conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs, Oxycontin, from 2007 to 2011 netting millions to the conspirators.

Alaska Law:

Sec. 11.31.120. Conspiracy. (a) An offender commits the crime of conspiracy if, with the intent to promote or facilitate a serious felony offense, the offender agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause th... More...    $0 (07-04-2013 - AK)

This case involves a dispute over the disposition of a deceased Alaska
attorney’s interest in attorney’s fees from his participation, through a joint venture, in the
Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation. The attorney’s sister, individually and on behalf of their mother’s trust, asserted claims to the attorney’s fees, and the attorney’s estate opposed those claims. The parties sett... More...    $0 (05-03-2013 - AK)

This case concerns the ownership of James “Jim” and Terrie Gottstein’s former marital home. Jim paid for the property, but Terrie’s name alone was on the deed. The Gottsteins lived in the home for 15 years before moving out; they later separated. Terrie entered into a deal to sell the property to another couple, the Krafts, for significantly less than its appraised value, and Jim objected.... More...    $0 (04-13-2012 - AK)

Raising over 50 separate points in this second appeal, Allen Heustess challenges the superior court’s rulings on child support, property distribution, and attorney’s fees. We affirm almost all of the superior court’s rulings, with the following exceptions: (1) Because the record does not support the superior court’s finding regarding Allen’s income for 1995 and because the superior court... More...    $0 (08-26-2011 - AK)

A divorced mother appeals the superior court’s denial of four motions to reconsider child support, visitation arrangements, appointment of a court custody investigator, and her share of her ex-husband’s military retirement pay. We affirm the superior court’s decision on each issue except for visitation, which we decline to reach on mootness grounds. We also reject the mother’s claim that t... More...    $0 (05-27-2011 - AK)

Both parties to this action sought custody of their three children during their divorce proceeding. The trial court found the father had a history of domestic violence and awarded the mother sole physical and legal custody pursuant to AS 25.24.150(g). The father appeals, arguing: (1) he did not have a history of domestic violence sufficient to trigger the presumption against awarding him custody u... More...    $0 (11-19-2010 - AK)

A property owner leased gravel mining rights to a lessee. The lessee in turn leased its rights to a sublessee. The sublessee assumed the lessee’s duty to pay royalties to the property owner and agreed to pay overriding royalties to the lessee. The lessee later assigned the overriding royalties to an assignee. After more than a decade of operating under these arrangements, the sublessee purchased... More...    $0 (10-30-2009 - AK)

Cathy Frost and John Spencer, friends who were at times romantically involved, ran a business together from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. When their working relationship deteriorated, Spencer sued for division of the partnership property under the law of domestic relations. Frost agreed to a dissolution of their business partnership under a framework for the “equitable distribution” of as... More...    $0 (10-20-2009 - AK)

The superior court awarded sole legal and primary physical custody of a six-year-old boy to his mother. The boy's father appeals that custody award and the award of child support, which he argues was impermissibly retroactive and improperly omitted his health care contributions. Finally, the father argues that the superior court abused its discretion by not ruling on certain motions that ... More...    $0 (01-04-2008 - AK)

In an action to collect on a judgment against Raymond Moore, TWS, Inc. obtained a charging order against his interest in a purported mining partnership with Joe B. Hall and subsequently purchased his interest at a foreclosure sale and sued to dissolve the partnership. The superior court found that, although Moore and Hall formed a partnership at will in 1990, the partnership was dissolved i... More...    $57508 (06-23-2005 - AK)

1 No custody or support issues are before us on ap... More...    $0 (01-31-2005 - AK)

This consolidated appeal challenges the juvenile curfew ordinance enacted by the Municipality of Anchorage. In one case, David Treacy appeals from a hearing officer's finding that he violated the ordinance and that the ordinance is constitutional. In a separate case, the Municipality of Anchorage appeals from a superior court determination that the ordinance is unconstitutional. We conclu... More...    $0 (05-16-2004 - AK)

Troy Keturi appeals several legal and factual findings made by the standing master and adopted by the superior court in connection with his divorce trial. W e conclude that the superior court did not err in aggregating his past income for child support purposes, in finding that his earning potential would not be adversely affected by his physical condition in the immediate future, in charac... More...    $0 (02-15-2004 - AK)

Troy Keturi appeals several legal and factual findings made by the standing master and adopted by the superior court in connection with his divorce trial. W e conclude that the superior court did not err in aggregating his past income for child support purposes, in finding that his earning potential would not be adversely affected by his physical condition in the immediate future, in charac... More...    $0 (02-02-2004 - AK)

Kelvin Lee Gurney and Connie Diane Gurney were married in July 1992. Kelvin filed the current complaint for divorce in May 2001. Kelvin's divorce complaint contained a second count alleging that the marriage was void because Connie had previously been married and that her prior marriage had not been annulled or dissolved. Connie was married to Angelo Melito in a ceremony performed March 18,... More...    $0 (11-24-2003 - AK)

A father appeals the decision of the superior court terminating his parental rights under AS 47.10.088 and denying his request to stay termination proceedings until the Alaska Division of Family and Youth Services investigates possible placement of his infant daughter with his parents or sister under AS 47.14.100(e). Because the court properly terminated the father's rights under AS 47.10.088... More...    $0 (09-12-2003 - AK)

Thomas Teseniar challenges the superior court's modification of his child support obligation, claiming that the superior court lacked jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, erred by increasing his obligation without applying Alaska Civil Rule 90.3, and erred by making the increase retroactive to April 15, 1999. Teseniar also appeals the superior court's decision conc... More...    $0 (08-01-2003 - AK)

Albert Kennedy sued Brandywyn ("Bryn") McElroy for return of child support that he had paid. He lost the case. In a second lawsuit, Kennedy obtained a judgment against McElroy that required her to return child support she had received from Kennedy. McElroy challenges the denial of her motion to dismiss the second lawsuit. Because we agree with McElroy that res judicata should have acted as a b... More...    $0 (08-01-2003 - AK)

Juliann Duffus divorced Kenneth Duffus in 1990, receiving primary custody of the parties' two children. Nine years later, no support order having yet been entered, Juliann moved to establish K enneth's child support obligation. She now appeals, contesting several aspects of the method used to calculate Kenneth's 1990 support obligation, as well as the superior court's refusal to increase Ken... More...    $0 (06-20-2003 - AK)

After a marriage of twenty-nine years, Jerry and Margaret Conner separated on August 13, 1999. Their divorce trial was held on December 14, 2000. The main issue in this appeal is the division of retirement benefits. During the marriage, Jerry worked as an air traffic controller for the Federal Aviation )) Administration. He became disabled in 1995 at the age of forty-two. Jerry initially to... More...    $0 (04-18-2003 - AK)

Dennis Beckworth argues on appeal that the superior court erred in awarding long-term alimony to Anne Beckworth. We hold that Anne's lack of earning capacity and her medical condition justified long-term alimony. We also hold that the trial court permissibly deviated from evidence of investment earning rates and did not err in determining Anne's projected monthly expenses. We therefore affir... More...    $0 (03-12-2003 - AK)

Andy Blair and Ralph Collins began their business relationship in 1987 when Blair chartered Collins's boat. Blair bought the boat two years later, along with an undetermined interest in prospective fishing rights. A dispute over these fishing rights arose in 1994 and the parties entered into a joint venture, forming a closely held corporation. After more problems with fishing rights and a gener... More...    $0 (08-15-2002 - AK)

Arguing that “a pet is not just a thing but occupies a special place somewhere in between a person and a piece of personal property,” Julie A. Juelfs 1 (formerly Gough) appeals a superior court ruling modifying her and her former husband Stephen J. Gough’s dissolution agreement to grant sole custody of their dog Coho to Stephen. Julie also appeals the court’s ruling deny... More...    $0 (02-15-2002 - AK)

1. DeAnn Tolan and Gary Kimball began dating in 1989. In April 1990 Tolan purchased, with the title issued in her name only, a single-family house on Ruth Drive in Wasilla. According to Kimball, the Ruth Drive house was purchased with the intention that Tolan and Kimball would share the home; accordingly he gave Tolan approximately $3,600 toward the down payment and closing costs of the ... More...    $0 (10-19-2001 - AK)