Jennifer X. L. Sandvik v. Ian Frazier

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court vacated the Superior Court’s order dividing the marital portion of a pension plan because the lower court failed to explain why it did not require the husband to purchase life insurance to protect the wife’s survivor benefits, and remanded for further explanation or modification. The Court applied contract‑law principles and the Restatement to determine the lower court abused its discretion.