Yvette M. Wilkins, Appellant v. Paul D. Wilkins, Appellee.

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court reversed the superior court’s order that it need not value the husband’s post‑retirement health insurance benefits and remanded for a valuation and an equitable redistribution of the marital estate. The Court held that failing to value those benefits constitutes reversible error because valuation is a legal question reviewed de novo. A dissent argued the legal‑separation agreement made the case distinguishable and would have affirmed the lower court’s order.