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Let me ask you a related question: how much injustice would you personally tolerate in exchange for simplicity? For instance in your divorce question: why not
by someguydave 8y ago
Let me ask you a related question: how much injustice would you personally tolerate in exchange for simplicity?
For instance in your divorce question: why not excercise everything at the date of divorce and split the proceeds 50/50? Is that outrageous? Or simple?
- dsnuh 8y agoIt's way too simple. Let's say I was awarded 1000 shares of stock that vest over the next 4 years. Let's say I was awarded these stocks only 2 weeks before date of separation. Does my ex have the same community property interest in these 1000 stocks (spoiler: they don't) as in 1000 stocks awarded 2 years previously, before the marriage ended? Does it matter how long I worked at the company during the marriage (yes, it does)? What if one of the parties doesn't want to sell the stock, or it doesn't make sense because the stocks are currently underwater (but may not be at some future date)? What if many of the assets in question are Restricted Stock Units, with no agreed upon value since they cannot be priced until they are released? "Just sell it all and split it 50/50! DUH!" is not something that works in the real world, where the law is meant to operate.
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- dsnuh 8y agoAlso, you didn't answer my question... What's your beef with lawyers? Have you ever had to actually hire one for something? You view of how simple the law could/should be seems very naive.