Category Archives: Business

Divorce is a life-altering event, often bringing significant financial and emotional upheaval. When a business is involved, the complexities multiply. Post-divorce business restructuring can be a critical step in ensuring the company’s continued success and providing financial stability for both parties moving forward.

Ensuring the continuity of your business during a divorce is crucial to maintain stability and long-term success. Join us as we discuss the importance of business continuity planning in divorce, focusing on succession planning, management agreements, and contingency plans. Why Business Continuity Planning MattersBusiness continuity planning helps ensure that a business can continue to operate […]

When someone is a business owner, they have often worked very hard to get to where they are today and are putting forth a continuous effort to keep the business running and profitable. Because of this, when a marriage involves a business and approaches a divorce, that couple’s situation becomes very complicated and emotional. Not […]

If one or both spouses in a divorce owns a business or a shared ownership of a business – whether big or small – this will most definitely play a part in the divorce process. There are many items to consider when one or both spouses is involved in a business and they are going […]

If you own a business and you are heading into a divorce, you are most likely wondering how you and your business will be affected by the divorce. Outcomes of divorces that include joint business ownership vary based on several components. Considerations and results will be unique to the situation. This is not a one […]

While marriage can be rewarding, it is something that often needs a lot of work and can have its own set of challenges. Similarly, while a family business can be successful, it does not always go smoothly and can take a lot of work from all parties involved. When you combine both a marriage and […]

Going through a divorce can be complicated, emotional, and stressful. Not only are you separating from your spouse, but you are determining many critical aspects of your future. Will there be an award of alimony? How will the assets, including a family business, be valued? How will the ownership of the family business be decided? […]

One of the biggest issues divorcing couples face is the division of assets, which is done in a process called Equitable Distribution. When a family business is involved, dividing assets can be even more complicated. If both you and your ex are involved in a family business, how do you determine what share each person […]

If you’re in a situation where you’re paying or receiving alimony, there are a few rules to consider when filing your taxes. Unless agreed upon otherwise in your settlement, spousal support, alimony pendente lite (support during the pendency of the divorce) and alimony payments received during the year are treated as taxable income while payments made during the year are treated as tax deductible. There are other factors to consider when filing your taxes if alimony is involved, and below are a few questions and answers to help.

If an interest in a small business or closely held business arises during the marriage, divorce will typically involve the distribution of the business to one spouse; a buy-out of the other’s interest is often necessary, as divorcing spouses cannot be expected to work together.  However, where spouses will have little contact, the court may […]