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Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215-17 (1994) (concluding trial court’s award of husband’s lottery winnings to the husband was a sustainable exercise of discretion); In the Matter of Letendre & Letendre, 149 N.H. 31, 33, 36, 37 (2002) (affirming the trial court’s award of the proceeds of a verdict in the wife’s gender discrimination lawsuit entirel

“The failure to evaluate the parties’ property item by item is not reversible error where, as here, the record is sufficient to enable us to determine whether the property settlement is unjust.” Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215 (1994).

As decided in Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213 (1994), even assets acquired by a party through means other than purchase are considered marital property if they are “acquired up to 2 the date of a decree of legal separation or divorce.” Holliday, 139 N.H. at 215- 16 (holding that lottery winnings acquired by defendant pri

As we have explained, “[w]hen read in conjunction, paragraphs I and II show the legislature’s intention that marital property includes any property acquired up to the date of a decree of legal separation or divorce.” Holliday v Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215 (1994); see RSA 458:16-a, I, II.

RSA 458:16-a, I. Property subject to equitable distribution “includes any property acquired up to the date of a decree of legal separation or divorce.” Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215 (1994); see RSA 458:16-a, II (2004).

A trial court is not precluded from awarding a particular asset in its entirety to one party.

Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 218 (1994); see also Lambert, 147 N.H. at 296 (explaining unsustainable exercise of discretion standard).

The respondent argues that his IRA and 401(k) accounts should have been divided in accordance with the valuation date specifically established for pension benefits, namely, “the period during marriage and prior to the commencement of the divorce proceedings.” Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 217 (1994) (citation and emphasis omitted).

“When read in conjunction, paragraphs I and II show the legislature’s intention that marital property includes any property acquired up to the date of a decree of legal separation or divorce.” Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215 (1994).

Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215 (1994) (“marital property includes any property acquired up to the date of a decree of legal separation or divorce”).

“On appeal, we will affirm the findings and rulings of the marital master unless they are unsupported by the evidence or are legally erroneous.” Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215 (1994) (quotation omitted).

Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 217, 651 A.2d 12, 15 (1994) (for purposes of property distribution, relevant period of employment in pension system is from the date of marriage to the date divorce proceedings began).

As we have previously noted, “marital property includes any property acquired up to the date of a decree of legal separation or *45 divorce.” Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215, 651 A.2d 12, 14 (1994).

We have consistently adhered to this principle, see, e.g., Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215, 651 A.2d 12, 14 (1994); Border Brook Terrace Condo Assoc.

“On appeal, we will affirm the [approved] findings and rulings of the marital master unless they are unsupported by the evidence or are legally erroneous.” Holliday v. Holliday, 139 N.H. 213, 215, 651 A.2d 12, 14 (1994) (quotation omitted).

For purposes of this opinion, the date of calculation is the date divorce proceedings began.