Kenneth Allen Kessler, Appellant v. Dianna Michelle Kessler, Appellee.

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court reversed the superior court’s finding that a condominium purchased by Kenneth Kessler before marriage had been transmuted into marital property, holding that there was no evidence Kenneth intended to donate the property to the marital estate. The Court clarified that donative intent must be shown by the owning spouse and that the Cox factors are merely evidence, not dispositive, and remanded for further proceedings.