The Analysis About The Stock Options In Divorce Proceedings

Stock options give employees the right to decide whether to buy acertain number of company stocks with a fixed price in a period of time.But so far, there is no law which can deal with the division of stockoptions in divorce proceedings. This paper will talk about the nature andcharacteristics of the stock options and then put forward some advice ofthe division of them in practice through the analysis of relevant cases andcombined with the foreign legislation.There are six chapters in this paper.The first chapter introduces acase on divorce proceedings involving the division of stock options andproposed what should be resolved in the paper. The second chapterdiscusses the concept, features, and the property of stockoptions.According to the previous chapter, The third one analyzewhether stock options with its own characteristics be regarded as jointlyowned property.The fourth chapter talks about the principles of stock optionsdivision as a special kind of jointly owned property. The fifth chapterdescribes the way to split the stock options in France, Germany and the United States, and as a reference, propose specific ways in our owncountry. Chapter six cited several problems of stock option division indivorce cases which may be encountered and put forward four options forit.