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Thank you all for the comments. I know believe that I can just place a value on the company, including the car, which still has a car loan attached. I can list the stock value as an asset of mine. The comments regarding her car begs another question. Maybe I should start a separate thread......

She has her own car which is the newest and most valuable car and it is free and clear of any loans, she will be taking that. She also "owns" another car that she purchased for her daughter, without my knowledge, and she makes a monthly car payment from her income. All of our income has been kept separate and we have always maintained our own bank accounts. That car that be bought for her daughter has a loan balance of about $14k. Is that my debt also? Also wondering about credit cards that she has "run-up", am I responsible?

Thanks!
I would certainly argue against the loan for the car she purchased for her daughter as being a marital debt...since the car itself (because it was gifted to the daughter) would not be considered a marital asset. The credit cards would be marital debt unless they were used to dissipate marital assets (money spent on another man, money spent on a gambling addiction, money spent on a drug addiction etc.).

You should be aware however that whomever keeps an asset with debt against it, is responsible for that debt.

The car that she drives is a marital asset and its fair market value/equity would be considered in the division of assets.