Entrepreneurs are incredibly devoted to the success of their business, but even a thriving company may be severely impacted by a high conflict marital divorce. When a couple decides to part ways, the ripple effects can extend beyond their personal lives and potentially jeopardize the business they worked so hard to build. Although the couple
When divorcing couples hold ownership interests in private companies as part of their marital estate, they will have to address a number of business issues related to these interests in their divorce settlement. Planning ahead to address these issues may help to avoid surprises and also lead to a less contentious discussion of their settlement
Marital divorces are often difficult under the best of circumstances, but tensions may be even higher when the marital estate includes substantial interests the married couple own jointly in private companies, which they are seeking to divide in their divorce proceeding. The issues likely to create conflict include (i) determining the fair market value of