RI Divorce Separation Agreements

RI Supreme Court rules that Wife may receive one half of ex husband's stock options years after the divorce is final.

In the Case of DiPaola v. DiPaola, the RI Supreme Court has ruled that a wife is entitled to receive approximately 1/2 of $854,000, which represented stock options that ex-huband received from his employer. The case goes to show how important the wording in a martial settlement agreement. In this case the ex-husband thought his ex-wife was only entitle to approximately $62,000. The Supreme Court felt that the martial settlement agreement was ambiguous as to whether the wife was entitle to

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