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This case involves a trial court's method of valuing stock options in a dissolution proceeding. After separating, Daniel and Teresa Farmer entered into a stipulated agreement dividing their... Read more
Wilson v. Wilson: A trial court valuing a closely held business in a divorce is not to determine the fair market value of the entity but its fair value. Read more
Wife received stock options during the marriage, that vest after divorce. What is the correct way to determine when stock options are acquired? Read more
At issue on appeal was whether Wife was entitled to fifty percent of what the retirement account would be worth if Husband were to liquidate it immediately or fifty percent of the marital po... Read more
McReath v. McReath: A circuit court shall include the value of the salable professional goodwill when it is developed during the marriage. Read more
Wife's interest in any future distributions of a trust of which she was a beneficiary was mere expectancy, and therefore wife did not have vested interest in distributions and distributions... Read more
Husband stated he was not familiar with the premarital agreement, signed on their wedding day, but was under the impression that the parties were keeping sole ownership of their premarital p... Read more
Although husband acquired inheritance during the marriage and commingled its funds by using them as the source of family's support, he expressed intention to retain the inheritance as a sepa... Read more
Strauss v. Strauss: A Superior Court decides a case of first impression on the marital characterization of proceeds from the settlement of a will contest. Read more
In a judgment granting wife an irreconcilable-differences divorce, wife appeals chancellor’s property division and alimony request denial. Read more
