Divorce Involving a Business

Untangle the marriage without unraveling the business. For agreed divorces where one or both spouses own a business, professional practice, partnership interest, LLC, or closely held company.

We work with business owners in Orlando, including Baldwin Park, College Park, Lake Nona and downtown, and in Lake Mary and Heathrow.

What’s at stake

Protect the business and the agreement

A business is often a family’s most valuable — and most complicated — asset. Even when spouses agree on who keeps it, the settlement has to address ownership, any buyout or equalizing payment, business debts, distributions, and each spouse’s responsibilities after the divorce.

Which spouse keeps, transfers, or shares the business interest
Agreed buyout or equalization terms
Business debts, guarantees, and liabilities
Business accounts, distributions, and ordinary income
Post-divorce responsibilities and releases

Is my business marital property?

A business started during the marriage is generally marital. A business owned before the marriage may still have a marital component if its value grew because of marital funds or effort. Florida also distinguishes between enterprise goodwill, which may be divided, and personal goodwill tied to an individual, which generally is not.

Flat-fee options

Accord Business & Beyond™

FLAT FEE

Accord Business & Beyond™

$3,995

Untangle the marriage without unraveling the business.

Everything appropriate from Clean Break™ or Family Forward™, depending on children
Attorney review of the agreed treatment of the business interest
Customized settlement provisions for ownership, transfer, retention, or division
Allocation of agreed business debts and liabilities
Treatment of business accounts, distributions, and ordinary income
Coordination language for agreed buyout or transfer terms
Review of straightforward entity documents needed to draft the agreement
One enhanced attorney strategy conference and one revision round

Business valuation, forensic accounting, tax advice, disputed valuation, complex buy-sell work, and contested business issues are outside the package and separately quoted.

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Questions

Divorce Involving a Business FAQs

What happens to a business in a Florida divorce?

If the business or part of its value is marital, it is considered in the division of assets. Commonly, one spouse keeps the business and the other receives other assets or a buyout payment of equivalent value.

Do we need a business valuation?

Not always. Some couples agree on a value or on a division that doesn’t depend on a precise number. If a formal valuation is needed, it’s arranged separately and is not included in the flat fee.

Will my business partners be affected?

Your operating or shareholder agreement may restrict transfers of ownership. We review straightforward entity documents so the settlement works with them.

Does Business & Beyond™ include children?

Yes, when applicable. The package includes the appropriate components of Family Forward™ when you have minor children.

Protect your business while you resolve your divorce

Schedule a free 15-minute assessment to see whether Business & Beyond™ fits.

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Prefer to talk? Call (352) 434-0222 or text us — after-hours messages are answered the next business day.

Flat fees apply only to qualifying, standard-scope matters after attorney review and acceptance of your case. Business & Beyond™ does not include a business valuation, forensic accounting, tax opinion, contested ownership issues, complex executive compensation analysis, operating agreements, or litigation. Third-party costs are not included. This page is general information, not legal advice.