Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/13/2001

Baccanti v. Morton

Citations

434 Mass. 787
752 N.E.2d 718
2001 Mass. LEXIS 416

How courts have described this case

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recognizing general principle that property acquired during marriage is part of the marital property subject to distribution
husband waived appeal issue where he argued only that unvested options were separate property and did not address allocation issue
judge has considerable discretion in equitable division of premarital assets determined to be part of marital estate
reversal not required \simply [because judge] did not make the findings sought by the husband\
potential for fraud where spouse may collude with employer to manipulate compensation in view of divorce proceedings
in a divorce proceeding, observing that one of a distinguishing characteristics of options is the “uncertainty of their value”

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Judges: Cowin

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