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In re marriage of Farmer

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Docket No. 83960-3 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 61638-2)  Facts:  Pursuant to their divorce, petitioner Daniel Farmer and respondent Teresa Farmer entered into a stipulated agreement dividing their community assets, including stock options that Daniel Farmer had received from his employer.  Without notifying Teresa Farmer, Daniel Farmer subsequently exercised all of the stock options and sold the stock prior to the entry of the dissolution decree in the Superior Court for Island County.  In response, Teresa Farmer petitioned the superior court to set aside the dissolution decree and award her damages.  The superior court awarded Teresa Farmer damages based upon the projected value of the stock at the time of the stock options’ expiration. Continue reading →

Sound Infiniti, Inc. ex. rel. Pisheyar v. Snyder

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Docket No. 81923-8 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 59477-0)  Facts: Following a reverse stock split orchestrated by his business partners that left him with a fractional share of stock in the corporation he had established with them and the exchange of the fractional share for a cash payout, petitioner Afshin Pisheyar filed suit in the Superior Court for King County against his former partners, Continue reading →