Mayer v. Mayer

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 533

Syllabus

The trial court abused its discretion when it erroneously concluded that the parties had agreed to exclude appellee's post-marital cash bonus and stock awards from appellee's gross income for purposes of calculating child support. The trial court abused its discretion when it excluded appellee's post-marital stock awards from appellee's gross income for purposes of calculating spousal support, as stock awards are simply a bonus which must be included in appellee's gross income. The trial court abused its discretion when it awarded appellee a 40 percent share of any income from a book appellant \is writing or plans to write\ about the divorce, because a book about the divorce that appellant may write in the future is a mere expectancy it is not marital property subject to division under 3105.171(A). Judgment reversed and case remanded.