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#600 Protecting Your Business in Divorce - Asset Protection When a Marriage Ends

Main Street Business

Mark J Kohler and Mat Sorensen

Tax Reform, Entrepreneurship, Business, Irs Updates, Tax Tips, Legal Compliance, Business Structure, Tax Prep, Accounting, Tax Strategies, Management, Financial Reporting, Estate Planning

2.4584 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

conversation with bestselling author and negotiation expert Rebecca Zung and attorney Mark J. Kohler. We break down what to do first, what to avoid, and how to protect your future — without playing dirty. You’ll learn the five main areas courts consider in family law cases—property division, spousal support, custody and parenting decisions, child support, and attorney’s fees—and how each one affects the next. We cover business valuation timing, enterprise vs. personal goodwill, forensic accou...

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0:00.0

Hey, if the marriage is on the rocks, you really need to kind of put the financial dream and

0:06.1

journey you're on right now on hold for a minute. People will actually even sabotage themselves

0:11.8

to try to take the other person down. It's like I'll burn my own business to the ground so I don't

0:17.8

have to pay this person alimony. If you know that divorce is coming,

0:21.7

start gathering as much data as you can, play little investigator, start building files, gather any

0:26.9

data you can or any information you can that might be easier to get now rather than later.

0:31.8

Sports teams don't win on their defense. They went on the offense.

0:40.3

Well, I'm excited to welcome Rebecca Zung. I've been on her podcast, which was amazing. And then I realized all of the similarities we had from different perspectives, helping a lot of times the same clients. And you just don't know what you don't know,

0:54.6

and you don't go to your podiatrist for your Lasic surgery, and you don't go to a tax lawyer

0:59.8

like me for your family law. So we are both specialists in our respective fields.

1:04.9

Rebecca is a best-selling author, negotiation expert, known for her conflict resolution,

1:12.6

particularly in divorce cases.

1:19.3

And she's been recognized as the best lawyer, as a best lawyer in America and has been featured on media outlets like Forbes Newsweek, NPR, blah, blah, blah, all those good things.

1:25.5

And her bestseller is Slay the Bulley,

1:29.0

how to negotiate with a narcissist and win. And that already puts me on the defense. I'm

1:35.4

feeling already nervous. I'm supposed to be interviewing you. Now I'm like all nervous. So,

1:39.0

Rebecca, thanks for being here. Thank you. I love it when two attorneys get together. It's so fun. Yeah, people love it. That's their

1:47.4

favorite. Lots a party. Well, my followers know me and my listeners know what we talk about, but everyone you know,

1:58.0

this is, I don't know if you want to call it a blind spot, but just something we don't

2:01.5

talk about it. It's not fun to talk about. It's uncomfortable. And so when I'm doing asset

2:05.9

protection and tax planning, I've even had my attorneys more and more asking the initial

2:11.1

consul, how's your marriage? It can totally change the landscape of our estate plan, the tax planning, what's going on.

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