Suckerpunch down to the wire

[adinva]

How many of us have heard "I am not coming back, I am done." It is what almost all of them say. I'm not saying that isn't very likely going to end up being true, because the odds for none of us are good, it just means that nothing was different for you before she said that or after; it is just what people say when they are trying to make you understand they are done. It doesn't predict the future. Change is possible.

Re the LLC. I think you're looking at it as something protected from outsiders. Your W is an insider. Your share of your business is an asset and up until your marriage failed was equally her asset unless you had an agreement of some kind keeping her separate from that particular asset. But in most marriages assets get split 50/50. Therefore your part of the LLC is worth something and half of that value is hers. If you can't sell your share and split the proceeds then you will most likely be told to come up with the monetary equivalent; then you keep your full share and have 100% of that asset but less of something else ie money. We're not your lawyers nor your financial advisors, and we're not just trying to beat you down so you accept less than you're entitled to. We're just trying to open your eyes so when her lawyer fights for her half of a marital asset you're not blindsided.