Harvey Dalton v. Linda Jane Faasen Dalton

This case involves a trial court’s division of marital property following a divorce.  The wife came into the marriage with substantial assets, but the husband had no assets and owed a large debt to the IRS.  During the marriage, the wife was continuously employed, and the husband was often unemployed.  After the wife found out that her husband had quit one of his jobs, he executed a quitclaim deed conveying his interest in their house to the wife. When they later divorced, the trial court appointed a special master to classify certain assets and debts as marital or separate property. The trial court affirmed the special master’s report with modifications. Both parties now challenge the classification of certain assets and the court’s division of the marital property.  For the following reasons, we affirm.