Legal Opinion
King v. Howard
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided March 15, 2017No. 412, 2016PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SEITZ, Justice:
Under Delaware law, property acquired after marriage but before divorce is marital property subject to equitable division in ancillary proceedings. In this appeal we review the Family Court’s determination that only one-third of a substantial bonus paid to Wife after separation but before divorce qualified as marital property. According to the Family Court, because two-thirds of the bonus payment was subject to forfeiture after the couple’s divorce, only one-third of the bonus was actually earned during the marriage and qualified as marital property.
We reverse the Family…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mora v. MoraCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Frank G.W. v. Carol M.W.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1983
- Glanden v. QuirkSupreme Court of Delaware · 2015
- Ables v. AblesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Walter W.B. v. Elizabeth P.B.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1983
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