Massachusetts Clarifies Treatment of Unvested Stock Options

Business Valuation Update BVLaw
Legal and Court Case Update
August 13, 2001
0173 Tree Nuts
marital dissolution/divorce

Toni Baccanti v. George I. Morton
434 Mass. 787 (2001)
US
State Court
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Cowin

Summary

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that unvested stock options earned by a spouse during the marriage may be marital property. It set forth a procedure for characterizing the options and placed the burden of proof on the party contesting their ...

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Toni Baccanti v. George I. Morton

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that unvested stock options earned by a spouse during the marriage may be marital property. It set forth a procedure for characterizing the options and placed the burden of proof on the party contesting their ...