Rene E. Limeres, Appellant v. Amy W. Limeres, Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed every aspect of the superior court's divorce judgment challenged by the father, Rene Limeres. It held that the $40,000 annual income finding supporting his $1,514-per-month child support obligation was not clearly erroneous despite his conflicting testimony and later tax return showing far less income, and that the court did not abuse its discretion in declining to average his income where he gave evasive answers. It upheld sole legal and physical custody to the mother and professionally supervised visitation, reasoning that the visitation restriction rested on the father's failure to complete a court-ordered batterers' intervention program and on adequately supported preexisting orders, making any deficiency in the domestic-violence-history findings harmless error. The court also affirmed the valuation and presumptively valid 50/50 division of the marital estate, the entry of the mother's proposed findings, the denial of additional attorney's fees, and the denial of a continuance.