Originally Posted by
Hayfmr 
I own a successful business. Not going to be any way to keep the attorneys and accountants out of this one. Just buying her out is going to leave her with too much booze money and a lot of debt for me. I live in a community property state, she gets half.
Hayfmr yor situation sounds identical to mine. I own several business and you are correct she will get half. Nothing you can do about it. Lawyer says marriage is like a business deal. Her accountants value the assets high while you fight to value assets low. Then you split it down the middle. You pay all the bills. The hardest part is getting over the anger of the unfairness of it all. All because of alcohol. I like to remember the line in the movie Risky Business. Sometimes you just gotta say "WHAT THE F**K."