Stock options awarded after the filing of a divorce complaint but obtained through efforts expended during marriage are subject to equitable distribution.
Clark v. Clark, ___ N.J. Super. ___, 737 A.2d 189 (Ch. Div. 1999). An insurance surcharge that resulted from the wife's conviction for driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident was a nonmarital debt for which the husband owed no duty of contribution.
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