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Family

Jul. 15, 2015

How to value a small business when getting a divorce

A recent case can assist in explaining to a client why the business may have value despite the possibility of having no future value if the operating spouse left the business.

Marlo Van Oorschot

Van Oorschot Law Group, PC

Phone: (310) 820-3414

Email: mvo@mvolaw.com

Marlo is an AV rated lawyer who has been practicing family law exclusively since 1994.

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Harold is a lawyer, and for many years has been operating a small law firm where he is joined by an associate attorney and a few staff people. For all of these years, Harold has been married to his wife, Wendy. Harold runs an efficient operation, is well known, and has a reputation for handling high-stakes matters that give him a very large income. Harold and Wendy have decided to divorce and Harold has taken the position that the law firm is a wo...

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