Hennessey v. Sarkis, 54 Mass. App. Ct, 152 (2002)
The parties' April 1, 1998, divorce judgment left two aspects of the division of their marital property to be effectuated in the future. Paragraph eighteen referred the parties to a special master who was charged with implementing an equal division of designated personal property, with the assistance of expert appraisers as needed. Paragraph eight provided that the parties divide their stock options equally, with the wife having the right to direct the husband to exercise any options that could not be signed over to her.
While these matters remained pending, the wife moved for a restraining order against the husband and filed a complaint for contempt alleging that he was not in compliance with the divorce judgment. The case is now before us on the husband's appeal from the issuance of a limited no-contact order that the judge incorporated into the parties' preexisting divorce judgment, and from the judgment on the wife's complaint for contempt.
The parties' April 1, 1998, divorce judgment left two aspects of the division of their marital property to be effectuated in the future. Paragraph eighteen referred the parties to a special master who was charged with implementing an equal division of designated personal property, with the assistance of expert appraisers as needed. Paragraph eight provided that the parties divide their stock options equally, with the wife having the right to direct the husband to exercise any options that could not be signed over to her.
While these matters remained pending, the wife moved for a restraining order against the husband and filed a complaint for contempt alleging that he was not in compliance with the divorce judgment. The case is now before us on the husband's appeal from the issuance of a limited no-contact order that the judge incorporated into the parties' preexisting divorce judgment, and from the judgment on the wife's complaint for contempt.