Experts value a business or equity stake using income, market and asset approaches, then adjust for goodwill and valuation date.

A forensic accountant traces money, values businesses and equity, reconstructs true income and uncovers hidden assets.

Crypto is divided like other property: community if acquired during marriage, separate if from before marriage, a gift or an inheritance.

An IPO, acquisition or tender offer turns paper equity into real money and changes how it is handled in a divorce.

Founder equity is community property to the extent it was built during the marriage, including growth from work during the marriage.

RSUs and stock options earned during marriage are community property, even if they vest after separation.

California courts divide wedding gold under property law, not tradition, so who keeps the jewelry depends on how it was given.

Mixing separate and community funds in one account does not automatically erase the separate property character of the funds.

Family Code 2641 governs how student loans and education costs paid during marriage are treated in a divorce.

How a personal injury settlement is treated in divorce depends largely on when the injury occurred.

Spouses can change property from separate to community or the reverse through transmutation, which must follow Family Code 852.

An engagement ring is a conditional gift, so the giver may recover it if the marriage is called off before the wedding.

Whether a trust is divided depends on who created and funded it, since a spouses’ revocable trust offers no protection.

Real estate acquired during marriage is presumed community property and must be divided equally.

Spouses must fully disclose finances, and a spouse who hides assets can lose half or all of the hidden asset plus fees.

Family Code 2640 lets a spouse be reimbursed for separate funds used to buy or improve community property.

Carried interest is often a fund professional’s most valuable asset, and how it is divided turns on when it was earned.

Dividing property in a divorce is usually tax-free at transfer, but the recipient takes the original cost basis and its hidden tax.