In re Dolan

The petitioner, Robert P. Dolan, appeals the recommendation of the Master (Alice S. Love, Esq.) approved by the Superior Court (Hampsey, J.) that his child support payments be increased to reflect the exercise of stock options he acquired after his divorce from the respondent, Cathy L. Dolan. We affirm in part, vacate in part and remand.

The parties divorced in 1996 and share legal custody of their three children. The respondent has physical custody of the children. The petitioner is employed as a vice president of a publicly held corporation, and participates in his employer’s stock option…