I know nothing about how it applies to other aspects aside from our assets. e.g. he is probably not responsible for my income, since our children are grown, and if so I would have difficulty making ends meet.
In most places, he would have to pay you alimony. In my state, typical was 1/2 the number of years of the marriage - I was married 24 years, and would have gotten 12 years of alimony (I traded away 2 of the years for something else).
The bigger issue is whether his income would suffer with you out of the business, whether you could own part of the business, whether you would have to work with him still, etc.
As for the YMMV comment - just fyi, I'm cute but no Christie Brinkley, youthful but 30 lbs overweight. Doesn't seem to matter to the variety of younger (sometimes MUCH younger) men who have found me sexy and interesting since my divorce. I never would have expected this before my divorce - so don't ASSume.
