The public policy affirming an individual’s right to engage in a trade or business of his or her choosing does not trump the family court’s authority to issue a noncompetition order to achieve an equal division of marital property, whether the business is sold to a third party or assigned to one of the spouses as an ongoing concern.
http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A134662.PDF
Laura W. Morgan is the owner and operator at Family Law Consulting in Charlottesville, Virginia.Laura is available for consultation, brief writing and research on family law issues throughout the country. She can be reached through her website. www.famlawconsult.com
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