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§ 25-318(A), community property is to be divided equitably, though not necessarily exactly evenly, and in equitably dividing 10 SNOOK v. AGUILAR Decision of the Court community property, the family court is authorized to consider “excessive or abnormal expenditures, destruction, concealment or fraudulent d

¶20 Citing our supreme court’s Husband argues that, irrespective of the enforceability of the 2011 Agreement, the court erred by refusing to order an unequal division of the marital property at issue—notably the Chandler Home.

Generally, all community property “should be divided substantially equally unless sound reason exists to divide the property otherwise.”

However, there may be sound reason to divide the property otherwise.”

¶10 Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 25-318 directs the court to divide community and jointly held property equitably upon dissolution of the marriage; a substantially equal division is not required if “sound reason exists to divide the property otherwise.”

the court must have a sound reason to deviate from a substantially equal division of community property.

¶ 14 (App. 2010) ("But a court is not limited to considering these statutory factors; instead, any other factors that bear on the equities of a case may properly be considered.").

§ 25-317(B) (when reviewing a separation agreement, the superior court should consider "the economic circumstances of the parties and any other relevant evidence produced by the parties"); Toth v. Toth , , 221, , 903 (1997) (under A.R.S.

“‘Equitable’ means just that—it is a concept of fairness dependent upon the facts of particular cases.”

In re Marriage of Flower , , ¶ 13, quoting Toth v. Toth , , 221

An equitable division “is a concept of fairness dependent upon the facts of particular cases.”

is a concept of fairness dependent upon the facts of particular cases.”

(stating that when a spouse places separate real property into a joint tenancy, there is a presumption that the spouse has made a gift of a one-half property interest to the other spouse).

¶ 13 (App. 2007); see also A.R.S.

“Equitable” is a concept of fairness “dependent upon the facts of particular cases.”