(California Court of Appeal) - In an dispute between two former spouses involving the meaning of 'annual bonus' as in a spousal support stipulation,arising after former husband switched jobs and his compensation package changed from simply a salary and potential annual bonus to a package that included several different components, the trial court's judgment is affirmed where an annual bonus is a discretionary payment based upon performance, and not,as former wife argued, all payments above base salary.
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