Court Rejects ‘One Size Fits All’ Rule for Valuing Stock Options

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 17 No. 11
Legal and Court Case Update
November 2011
3537 Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Trailers, and Stackers
333924 Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing
marital dissolution/divorce
damages, stock option

Farmer v. Farmer
2011 WL 3929114 (Wash.)
September 8, 2011
US
State Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Ronald Nelson (wife); Steven Kessler (husband)
Stephens

Summary

Washington State Supreme Court rejects absolute rule for valuing converted employment stock options in divorce, deferring to trial courts’ broad authority to assess expert valuation of the options, including its reference to the tort framework of measurin ...

See Also

Farmer v. Farmer

Washington State Supreme Court rejects absolute rule for valuing converted employment stock options in divorce, deferring to trial courts’ broad authority to assess expert valuation of the options, including its reference to the tort framework of measurin ...