You spent years building the business. The next 12 months decide how much of it you keep.

Most divorce advice is written for people with a paycheck and a 401(k). You have a company, which means a valuation fight, a goodwill argument that varies wildly by state, a discovery process aimed at your books, and a custody calendar that has to coexist with running the place. The Survival Kit is the first-week playbook: the first 72 hours, what to do and the expensive moves not to make, starting tonight. The document binder, the records your lawyer will bill $2,000 to assemble; copy them this week. The 12 questions that expose whether a lawyer has ever actually handled a business-owner divorce. Your kids in this, the telling-them script, the never list, and the owner's custody trap nobody warns you about. And the 12-month map, what's coming, stage by stage.

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General educational information, not legal or medical advice. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.