Marriage of Bulik and Nordquist
Before their marriage in 1985, appellant Joan Bulik (Joan) and respondent Ronald Nordquist (Ronald) executed a premarital agreement concerning their separate property.[1] During their marital dissolution proceeding, an issue arose regarding the interpretation of the premarital agreement. Ronald argued that the premarital agreement should be interpreted to provide that Ronalds earnings during the marriage became his separate property when they were deposited into certain accounts expressly designated as his separate property by the terms of the premarital agreement. After the issue was bifurcated for trial, the trial court ruled in Ronalds favor.
On appeal, Joan contends that the trial court erred in determining that the premarital agreement effected a transmutation of Ronalds earnings during marriage because the premarital agreement is silent with respect to such earnings. For reasons that we will explain, we find that the premarital agreement is reasonably susceptible of the interpretation asserted by Ronald and that substantial evidence supports the trial courts factual findings. Therefore, Court affirm the judgment.
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