Divorce Danger Zones for Business Owners with Gabriella Martinelli on Divorce & Beyond #385

When divorce and entrepreneurship collide, things get complicated - fast. The emotional, financial, and legal entanglements are real, and one wrong move could cost you big.

To help us navigate these divorce danger zones, Susan Guthrie welcomes Gabriella Martinelli to the show. Gabriella is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® and the founder of Ever After Wealth®, bringing over two decades of experience, including 16 years working closely with top family law attorneys. She’s worked with countless business owners to protect their financial futures through even the most complex divorces.

She’s also the host of the new podcast Divorce and Money, where she shares no-nonsense financial strategies to help you feel informed and empowered around the money side of divorce. And yes, she brings that same clarity to this conversation.

Whether you’re the business owner or divorcing one, Gabriella unpacks exactly what can go wrong when business finances are intertwined with personal ones, why it matters, and what you can do before things spiral. From messy bookkeeping to emotional attachment and sudden income deficit disorder, this episode gets into the real-world complications and how to avoid them.

What You’ll Discover in This Episode:

• Why divorcing with a business is a “whole new level of hell”
• How emotional attachment to a business can cloud financial decisions
• Why running personal expenses through your business is a divorce disaster
• What to do now if you think divorce may be on the horizon
• How to avoid costly mistakes, distrust, and tax trouble down the line
• The power of financial clarity and when to bring in a CDFA® to support your team

More About Our Special Guest, Gabriella Martinelli: Gabriella Martinelli is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®) and founder of Ever After Wealth®. With 21 years of experience in divorce finance, including 16 working alongside top attorneys, Gabriella helps individuals and professionals navigate the financial complexities of divorce with clarity and confidence. She makes complex financial topics easy to understand, offering real-world strategies that empower listeners to take control of their financial future.

If you want more of Gabriella’s straight-shooting advice, be sure to check out her new podcast, Divorce and Money, available now on all major platforms.

Website:

https://www.everafterwealth.com

Contact: gabriella(at)everafterwealth.com

Social Media: 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/everafterwealth

https://www.instagram.com/everafterwealth/

https://www.facebook.com/EverAfterWealth/

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SUSAN GUTHRIE®, ESQ., the creator and host of The Divorce and Beyond® Podcast, has been nationally recognized as one of the top family law and divorce mediation attorneys in the country for more than 30 years.  Susan is the Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution and is a so