Jared Eaton Dutka v. Emily Rene-Elizabeth Dutka (2023)

Dutka v. Dutka, 2023 WY 64, ¶ 11 , 531 P.3d 310, 314 (Wyo. 2023).

The statutory considerations “‘[do] not require an equal division of property, and we have said a just and equitable division is as likely as not to be unequal.’” Hyatt, ¶ 16, 540 P.3d at 881 (quoting Dutka v. Dutka, 2023 WY 64, ¶ 44 , 531 P.3d 310, 323 (Wyo. 2023) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted)).

Engebretsen v. Engebretsen, 2022 WY 164, ¶ 24 , 522 P.3d 156, 163 (Wyo. 2022). “[I]n evaluating the position in which the parties will be left after the divorce, it is necessary to consider not only to whom property will be awarded, but also who will be responsible for any debt relating to that property.” Dutka v. Dutka, 2023 WY 64, ¶ 43 , 531 P.3d 310, 322 (Wyo. 2023) (citations omitted).

“To determine whether the district court’s decision was reasonable, ‘[w]e consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the district court’s decision, affording every favorable inference to the prevailing party and omitting from our consideration the conflicting evidence.’” Evans v. Sharpe, 2023 WY 55, ¶ 26 , 530 P.3d 298, 307 (Wyo. 2023) (quoting Bishop v. Bishop, 2017 WY 130, ¶ 9 , 404 P.3d 1170, 1173 (Wyo. 2017) (internal quotation and other citation omitted)). “‘T…