He works at a family business his father owns. Last Christmas, my husband received stock in the company which is worth quite a bit of money. Under Ohio law, if the stock was transferred to your husband as part of his compensation for working for the company, you may be entitled to a portion of the stock when dividing your property. But it sounds like the stock may have been given to your husband as a holiday gift. In Ohio, gifts are considered separate, non-marital property and are generally not subject to division in a divorce.
Laws regarding gifts and separate property vary from state to state.
So it s important to talk with a local divorce lawyer to advise you in your specific situation. My wife and I are divorcing. I purchased the house we live in about a year before we married, and put a substantial down payment on the house. Separate property is excluded from division in a divorce, and the spouse with the separate property keeps that property. Under Ohio law, for example, the equity created in your home by your down payment would probably be your separate property and you would be entitled to at least the amount of the down payment and possibly the interest on your down payment based on the overall appreciation of the house.