Marriage of Carter CA4/1

INTRODUCTION

Shannon and Steven Carter appeal from judgment in this marital

dissolution action.1 The parties raise numerous issues, including as to temporary support arrears, the scope of spousal support, equity award treatment, vacation pay, and attorney fees. We conclude the vacation pay award must be reversed for recalculation, but deem moot the argument that the trial court erred in calculating the arrears based on restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance restricted stock units (PRSUs), as the trial court has corrected that error. We further conclude the parties establish no other reversible error, and affirm the remainder of the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Parties and Background2

Shannon and Steven married in November 2007, and have two children, born in 2010 and 2012. Before marriage, they lived in Iowa and moved to Tennessee, where Shannon pursued her Ph.D. Steven practiced law in both states. They then moved to California, where Shannon attended Stanford Law School. Steven worked in a nonattorney role at Stanford.

As discussed post, the trial court properly entered a corrected judgment to address clerical error. The parties appeal…