Utah Divorce Resources for Business Owners and High-Asset Clients

When a divorce involves a business, equity compensation, trusts, or significant investments, the outcome turns on four questions: what is marital, what it is worth, what each spouse actually earns, and what happens while the case is pending. These guides explain how Utah courts answer each one. They are written by Jeremy R. Miller, a Utah family law attorney at Pearson Butler in South Jordan, practicing as Miller Family Law.

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• High Net Worth Divorce in Utah: What's Actually at Stake. An overview of the issues that drive high-asset cases.

• Business Owner Divorce in Utah: What's Different and What's at Stake. How a business changes property division, income, and strategy.

Valuing and Dividing a Business

• Business Valuation in Utah Divorce. Valuation methods, experts, and valuation dates.

• Goodwill in Utah Divorce: Personal vs. Enterprise Value. Which part of a business's value a court can divide.

• Divorce and LLCs in Utah. How membership interests are divided and how buyouts are secured.

• Divorce and S Corporations in Utah. Pass-through income, retained earnings, and taxes.

• Buy-Sell Agreements in Utah Divorce. Whether a buy-sell price controls the divorce value.

• Professional Practice Divorce in Utah. Medical, dental, legal, and other professional practices.

• Double Dipping in Utah Divorce. When the same income is counted as both property and support.

Separate Property, Trusts, and Equity Compensation

• Premarital Businesses in Utah Divorce. When growth in a business owned before the marriage becomes marital.

• Commingling in Utah Divorce. How separate property loses its character.

• Trusts in Utah Divorce. Revocable, irrevocable, and third-party trusts under Dahl v. Dahl.

• Stock Options and RSUs in Utah Divorce. Dividing vested and unvested equity awards.

• Hidden Assets and Forensic Accounting in Utah Divorce. Tracing funds and proving dissipation.

• Property and Debt Division in Utah Divorce. The general rules for dividing the marital estate.

Income, Alimony, and Child Support

• Alimony in Utah When a Spouse Owns a Business. Measuring a business owner's income for support.

• Alimony for High Earners: Lessons from Canter v. Canter. Line-by-line needs and income paid through an entity.

• Self-Employment Income and Child Support in Utah. How courts calculate a business owner's income.

During the Case and After the Decree

• Temporary Orders in a Utah Divorce When You Own a Business. Support, control of the business, and spending while the case is pending.

• Appealing a Divorce Decree in Utah. Deadlines, preservation, and standards of review.

Talk With Jeremy Miller

If your divorce involves a business or significant assets, schedule a consultation or call (385) 276-4717. You will work directly with Jeremy, not a junior associate.

These resources provide general information about Utah law and are not legal advice.