Breitman
Breitman v. Breitman CA2/6
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS
Shara (wife) and Gerald (husband) Breitman dissolved their marriage in 2007. The parties have an adult child, who is disabled and requires ongoing care and support. The parties entered into a marital settlement agreement (MSA) in April 2007. The agreement required husband to pay wife spousal support. It also required husband to make wife beneficiary of four specified insurance policies insuring husband's life. The MSA provides the court reserves jurisdiction over any assets not specifically covered by the agreement and to make further orders to carry out the provisions of the agreement. The court entered judgment on the agreement. In August 2008, husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's type dementia. He moved for a termination of spousal support because he was unable to work. The court terminated husband's obligation to pay spousal support. Eventually, the court ordered wife to pay husband $1,500 per month in support. The parties continued to dispute various matters, including ownership of husband's life insurance policies. The matter came on for trial on March 2, 2012. The court had appointed the Public Guardian as husband's guardian ad litem.…