Tong Vang v. Pa Kou Xiong

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the judgment awarding Xiong $38,000 for three unpaid loans. It declined to apply a presumption that the transfers were gifts because the parties conceded they were not legally married and Vang neither established a domestic partnership nor adequately preserved that argument. The court also held that the superior court's factual findings that the transfers were loans were not clearly erroneous.