In re the Marriage of Joseph Barry Dyer, Jr. and Sharla Lynn Dyar

Durango, Colorado family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case.



Shortly before their 2011 marriage, the parties executed a premarital agreement, in which they agreed that each party would retain their separate property if the marriage was dissolved. The premarital agreement defined separate property to include premarital assets, separately titled property, property acquired by gift during the marriage, property acquired in exchange for separate property, and any increases in the value of separate property.



In 2012, however, husband executed a deed granting wife joint tenancy in the Ignacio home. In 2016, wife executed another deed transferring her ownership interest in the Ignacio home to husband.



In 2022, the parties initiated the dissolution case. They agreed that the premarital agreement was valid and enforceable and governed the division of their property. Their only dispute was whether the premarital agreement entitled wife to a portion of the Ignacio home as marital property or whether, due to the deeds executed in 2012 and 2016, the Ignacio home had once again become husband's separate property.

Affirmed