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Burks v. Burks

Supreme Court of Alaska
May 18, 1977
564 P.2d 71 (Alaska 1977)

Opinion

No. 2945.

May 18, 1977.

Appeal from State of Alaska, Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Anchorage District; Honorable James K. Singleton, Judge.

Jacob H. Allmaras and Kenneth O. Jarvi, Anchorage, for appellant.

William H. Fuld, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, Justices, and DIMOND, Justice Pro Tem.


OPINION


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.

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

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Burks v. Burks

Supreme Court of Alaska
May 18, 1977
564 P.2d 71 (Alaska 1977)
Case details for

Burks v. Burks

Case Details

Full title:LAVERRA E. BURKS, APPELLANT, v. RICHARD C. BURKS, APPELLEE

Court:Supreme Court of Alaska

Date published: May 18, 1977

Citations

564 P.2d 71 (Alaska 1977)

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