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Cedar Park, TX High Net Worth Divorce Lawyer
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When one spouse owns a business, a divorce can put the whole enterprise at risk. In Cedar Park, SMB Law, PC protects business owners — and spouses of owners — while dividing what the community is owed. A Cedar Park high net worth divorce lawyer knows how to value and protect a closely held business without letting the divorce jeopardize it. Shane M. Boasberg has handled complex Central Texas divorces for more than twenty years and personally safeguards what you built.
Cedar Park’s many entrepreneurs and small-business families face a hard question in divorce: how do you divide the value of a company without dismantling the thing that produces the income everyone relies on?
Where a Cedar Park high-net-worth divorce is filed
Cedar Park sits mostly in Williamson County, so a divorce is generally filed with the Williamson County District Clerk in Georgetown. Because the city also touches Travis County, we confirm the correct venue for your address at the start.
Valuing and dividing a closely-held business
A business built during the marriage is usually community property, but it cannot simply be cut in half like a bank account. First it has to be valued, which means choosing among asset, market, and income approaches and, critically, separating enterprise goodwill (which is divisible) from personal goodwill tied to the owner’s own skill and reputation (which Texas generally treats as not divisible). Then the community’s share has to be delivered without destroying the company — typically by awarding the business to the owner-spouse and offsetting the other spouse with cash, other assets, or a structured buyout over time. We work with valuation experts to establish a defensible number and structure a division that keeps a Cedar Park business operating while giving the non-owner spouse full and fair value.
Protecting the business that pays the bills
For a Cedar Park owner, the goal is a division that is fair to the spouse without kneecapping the company. That takes planning: understanding the business’s cash flow, avoiding a buyout structure that starves it of working capital, and sometimes using notes, staged payments, or offsetting assets so the operating business stays healthy. For the non-owner spouse, the concern is the opposite — making sure the company’s value is not quietly understated and that a buyout is actually secured and collectible. We handle both sides of these cases and know where the pressure points are: normalized earnings, owner perks run through the business, and the difference between what a company earns and what its books show. The aim is a settlement that lets the enterprise survive the divorce while delivering the non-owner spouse the real value the community is owed.
Working with us from Cedar Park
We are about 18 miles southeast in downtown Austin, a 25-to-30-minute drive on US-183. We handle most Cedar Park high-net-worth divorce matters by phone, video, and e-signature.
At SMB Law, PC you work directly with attorney Shane M. Boasberg, who has represented Texans for more than two decades and has been licensed by the State of Texas since 2003. We explain things in plain English, give you a plan instead of more stress, and keep you informed from your first confidential consultation through final resolution.
Why clients choose SMB Law, PC
- Direct attorney access — you talk to Shane, licensed since 2003, not a call center.
- Honest advice — if a fight is not worth the cost, we say so.
- Transparent fees explained before you commit.
What working with us looks like
- Confidential consultation to understand your goals and the law that applies.
- Strategy and records tailored to your situation.
- Negotiation or court — we settle when we can and litigate when we must.
- Resolution implemented correctly so you can move on.
Complex estates, Cedar Park edition
“High net worth” isn’t a dollar line — it’s complexity: business interests, equity compensation from the tech corridor, multiple properties, and separate-property tracing. Cedar Park’s two-career households often hold exactly that mix, and the valuation fights are the case. Discipline there — plus clean QDROs — is what protects a decade of work in a single decree.
Because a Cedar Park divorce overlaps with related matters, we also help with when a divorce is contested, a spousal support case, and military divorce issues — see the SMB Law high net worth divorce team.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a divorce “high net worth” in practice?
Not a dollar line — complexity: business interests, equity comp, multiple properties. The valuation fights are the case.
Will I have to sell my business in a divorce?
Usually not. More often the business is awarded to the owner-spouse, who offsets the other spouse’s community share with cash, other assets, or a buyout over time.
How is a business valued in a Texas divorce?
Through a qualified valuation using asset, market, or income approaches, and by separating divisible enterprise goodwill from non-divisible personal goodwill.
Is my spouse entitled to half my company?
The community interest in a business is divisible on a just-and-right basis, but that rarely means literally handing over half the company; it usually means an offset of value.
Is a Cedar Park case filed in Williamson or Travis County?
Usually Williamson County in Georgetown, but because Cedar Park touches Travis County we confirm the correct venue.