Ilg v. Ilg

CourtNebraska Court of Appeals
DecidedDecember 26, 2023
DocketA-22-874
StatusPublished

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Opinion

IN THE NEBRASKA COURT OF APPEALS

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT ON APPEAL (Memorandum Web Opinion)

ILG V. ILG

NOTICE: THIS OPINION IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PERMANENT PUBLICATION AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY NEB. CT. R. APP. P. § 2-102(E).

KRISTIN R. ILG, APPELLEE, V.

DUSTIN D. ILG, APPELLANT.

Filed December 26, 2023. No. A-22-874.

Appeal from the District Court for Lancaster County: JODI L. NELSON, Judge. Affirmed as modified. Nicholas R. Glasz, of Glasz Law Firm, for appellant. Amie C. Martinez and Megan M. Zobel, of Anderson, Creager & Wittstruck, P.C., L.L.O., for appellee.

PIRTLE, Chief Judge, and BISHOP and WELCH, Judges. WELCH, Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Dustin D. Ilg appeals the Lancaster County District Court’s entry of a decree dissolving his marriage to Kristin R. Ilg, dividing the marital estate, determining custody and visitation, determining child support, and the court’s award of alimony to Kristin. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm as modified. II. STATEMENT OF FACTS Dustin and Kristin met when they were teenagers. After dating for 10 years, they married on December 13, 2008, and had three sons: Jackson, born in 2009; Ryder, born in 2012; and Kellen, born in 2014. The parties separated in June 2020.

-1- 1. COMPLAINT AND PRETRIAL ORDERS On September 10, 2020, Kristin filed a complaint for dissolution. In response, Dustin filed an answer and counterclaim which was subsequently amended. Both parties requested that the court dissolve the parties’ marriage, equitably divide the parties’ marital property, and determine child support; however, Kristin sought spousal support and sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ minor children, whereas Dustin sought either sole custody or joint custody. In April 2021, the district court entered a temporary order awarding the parties joint legal custody with sole physical custody awarded to Kristin subject to Dustin’s reasonable rights of parenting time, which was identified as, at a minimum, every other weekend from Friday at 4 p.m. until Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and every Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The order also set forth a holiday and summer parenting time schedule; ordered Dustin to provide all transportation; ordered Dustin to pay temporary child support of $956 per month for the parties’ three children; and required Dustin to deposit $1,285 per month into the parties’ joint checking account for Kristin to pay the mortgage and utilities associated with the marital property, pay the parties’ cell phone bill, and service the parties’ credit card debt. 2. TRIAL The trial was held over several days from March through June 2022. At the time of the trial, Dustin was 40 years old and Kristin was 39 years old. They had been in a relationship for 23 years and married for 13 years. Although the evidence adduced during the trial was voluminous, we limit our recitation of the evidence to the issues relevant to this appeal, which are limited portions of the parties’ marital estate, custody, and alimony. (a) Marital Estate Although the parties extensively litigated the distribution of their marital estate during the dissolution hearing, the only portions of the marital estate disputed in this appeal concern the parties’ real estate and Dustin’s Edward Jones IRA (which the parties refer to as Edward Jones IRA account 7239). The real estate at issue concerns two parcels of property in Waverly, Nebraska, which were purchased during the parties’ marriage. These two parcels of land will be referred to as the “marital property” and the “rental property.” Both parcels of land are unusual in that each parcel contains two housing structures. (i) Marital Property In 2016, the parties purchased the marital property from Dustin’s grandmother’s estate for $190,000, using a portion of Dustin’s inheritance for the $38,000 downpayment. There are two homes located on the marital property, which the parties refer to as the “big house” and the “little house.” The parties resided in the “big house” and planned to have Dustin’s mother move into the “little house.” After purchasing the marital property, the parties improved the “big house” by installing hardwood floors in the kitchen and hallway; installing new cabinets, countertops, and appliances in the kitchen; replacing vanities in two bathrooms; replacing tiles in one bathroom; and repainting the upstairs rooms. In the “little house,” the parties refinished or replaced drywall, stained the hardwood floors, and rerouted some of the downstairs plumbing. According to Kristin,

-2- if she was awarded the marital property, she still planned on having Dustin’s mother move into the “little house.” Kristin testified that in 2016, the marital property was originally assessed at $238,000; however, this amount was reduced after an appraisal determined that the fair market value of the property was $203,000, which was approximately 85 percent of the original assessed value. In 2022, the marital property was assessed at $209,000, but Kristin testified that she determined that the fair market value of the rental property in 2022 was $177,667, which was 85 percent of the assessed value. The debt remaining on the marital property was $122,150. Kristin requested that the court award her the marital property so that the minor children could continue living in their home and could maintain their ties to their neighbors and their community. She also noted that the children play with their friends in the neighborhood and the home was within walking distance to the children’s schools. Dustin requested that the court award him the marital property because that property’s been in my family since the mid-1940’s. I grew up over there, being [babysat] by my grandmother. My dad lived there since 1990. . . . I’ve really just spent a lot of time over there. I have a lot of memories. . . . working with my father in the shop and around the property. . . . we roofed houses, we played, rode go-carts, learned how to ride my mini-bikes . . . birthdays, you name it. . . . all our family stuff was usually done at Grandma’s . . . it’s just a lot of memories there, and I plan to continue making memories there with my boys. I mean, just as I did. (ii) Rental Property The parties purchased the rental property in 2019 for $82,000. They borrowed $80,000 of the purchase price from Kristin’s father. During the parties’ marriage, they rented out the two homes on the rental property charging $825 for the larger home and charging $425 for the smaller home. In 2022, the rental property was assessed at $119,800. (iii) Dustin’s Edward Jones IRA Dustin requested that the court award him his Edward Jones Roth IRA account 7239 in its entirety on the basis that it was nonmarital property. Dustin testified that he rolled over another IRA into the Edward Jones Roth IRA on December 4, 2008, which preceded the parties’ December 13 wedding. He further testified that he did not make any contributions to the account during the parties’ marriage and that the only withdrawal from the account was $5,500 in 2015. That withdrawal was converted into a Roth IRA. Edward Jones statements covering December 2008 to June 2021, were received into evidence and corroborated Dustin’s testimony regarding contributions and withdrawals from this account. (b) Parenting Plan Prior to the trial, the parties entered into a stipulated parenting plan in which they agreed that Kristin was to be awarded sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ children subject to Dustin’s reasonable rights of parenting time which were set forth in the plan. Kristin testified that

-3- the parties agreed to the parenting plan the week of trial and that they had edited the plan numerous times to reach an agreement. Despite the parties’ agreement on the parenting plan, Dustin expressed during his testimony that he was not happy with the parenting plan.

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