Newman v. Patton

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Kenna Newman appeals from a final decree of divorce. Appellant and appellee Sean Patton were married September 1, 2002, and became officially separated on August 1, 2007. The parties’ primary dispute concerns the division of stock options awarded to appellant from one of her employers. Appellant had a total of 140,750 stock options issued to her from her employer Crown Castle for whom she worked from May 1999 to April 2006. Although the stock options were all awarded to her prior to the marriage, a portion vested before the marriage and a portion vested during the…