Thad Snider, Appellant v. Michele Snider, Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court held that the superior court abused its discretion by refusing to reopen the evidence because the unclear trial schedule reasonably led the father to believe he would have another opportunity to present witnesses. It vacated the custody and marital-property decisions and remanded for limited additional testimony, while rejecting the father's recusal claim and finding no independent error in the superior court's weighing of the challenged custody factors. The court also directed the superior court to reconsider the cabin's marital-property status based on all evidence bearing on the parties' intent.