DEJESUS v. DEJESUS


90 N.Y.2d 643 (1997)

687 N.E.2d 1319

665 N.Y.S.2d 36

Nancy DeJesus, Respondent, v. Wilfred DeJesus, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ochoa & Sebag, Long Island City (Enrique A. Ochoa of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Ole Thorsen, New City, and Ilene K. Graff for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and WESLEY concur.


CIPARICK, J.

The issue on this appeal is whether and to what extent an interest in restricted stock and stock option benefit plans provided by a spouse's employer constitutes marital property for the purposes of equitable distribution, where the plans come into being during the marriage but are contingent on the spouse's continued employment with the company after the divorce. Because we conclude that the record...

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