1.   But as a matter of principle, should she be entitled to half the marital property?

2.   Courts have looked to vesting schedules to determine whether certain options should be considered marital property.

3.   Increasingly, options and other forms of future compensation go to the chopping block when it comes to splitting marital property, legal experts say.

4.   Meanwhile, Rabin and Williams divided their marital property in contemplation of divorce.

5.   Most family lawyers say postnups are a useful tool to keep up with the complications of tracking marital property in an era of high divorce rates.

6.   Recent court cases, for one, have widened the definition of marital property.

7.   The contract says that in the event of a divorce, the pre-zygotes would be treated like any other marital property, subject to equitable distribution.

8.   The ruling follows a trend in states like New York and Colorado to treat future assets as marital property.

9.   A Palestinian man can divorce his wife with a simple declaration, and a woman only gets a small part of the marital property if her husband dies.

10.   Monica Tyson, a second-year resident in pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center, also asked the court to equally distribute their marital property.