10/27/2026
When one spouse is an executive or highly compensated employee, salary can be only one piece of the financial picture.
There may also be bonuses, restricted stock units, stock options, incentive awards, deferred compensation, pensions or supplemental retirement benefits to understand.
That doesn’t automatically tell us how any particular benefit should be treated in a divorce. It tells us there may be more questions to ask, documents to review and financial implications to understand before making decisions.
This is one of the reasons financial discovery matters - especially when one spouse historically managed most of the household finances.
You don’t have to know where to look. But you should know enough to ask whether you’ve seen the complete picture.
