If the couple cannot agree on how to divide the property, the court will usually divide equally the total of the divisible property. It may alter this division, however, after considering many statutory factors, including any of the following. But with the recent use of stock options to lure and reward the hottest and brightest talent in the e-commerce industry, the stakes are growing higher each day. Therefore it is crucial to understand how stock options may be treated as income or property, when options may be marital versus individual property, and how to value the particularly elusive unvested stock option. The judge assumes that joint legal custody is in the children's best interest, but can order sole custody under certain circumstances.
Placement refers to the schedule of time that a child spends with the respective parents.
Custody and placement of the children will be shared or allocated between the parents based on many factors which may include the following. The Custody Revolution, by Richard A. Warshak, Poseidon Press, 1992. Dividing the Child, by Eleanor MacCoby and Robert H. Mnookin, Harvard University Press, 1994. Apart, by Melinda Blau, Perigree, 1995. Mothers on Trial, by Phyllis Chesler, Harcourt Brace, 1991.