Key legal question
Whether the net proceeds from the sale of the husband's company shares gave rise to a compensatory claim in favor of the wife under matrimonial property law.
Extracted holding
The wife had no claim to the sale proceeds because the husband was adequately compensated for his work in the business, so no compensatory claim from his acquired property against his separate property arose.
Extracted reasoning
A participation in value increase exists only if one marital property mass contributed to the acquisition, improvement, or preservation of assets of the other mass. Here the husband's salary, dividends, and other benefits were market-appropriate and covered his work; therefore there was no special contribution beyond compensation.