如何保护你的伴随矩阵y From Your Business Partner's DivorceMake sure problems in one partner's personal life don't wreak professional havoc.

Before you formed your business partnership, did you vet your partners' marriages along with their bank statements? You may not consider it until divorce proceedings are underway, but your partners' spouses likely own a part of your company, whether you want them to or not.

In my day job as a financial strategist specializing in complicated (and often highly contentious) divorces, I rarely see a case where the day-to-day operations, valuation and ownership structure of a business is not affected in some way by a breakup. If your partner's soon-to-be ex receives a part of the business in the divorce settlement, you'll gain a new, unwelcome partner who now has a voice in how your business operates and, by extension, can impact your own net worth.