This is not a share of cash, it is a share of the “worth of a business” but paid in cash...
it is a share of the “worth of a business” but paid in cash...
...and therein lies the problem. One side taking cash as a worth of a business, generally means the cash is now gone, since in the business world there generally isn’t that much just laying around. Up to and including no more than half the cash available might be a solution if it was enough, and if it isn’t there might be stock options or stock, as an option.
I’ve been there not with a divorce but with a departing partner, and it can be difficult for the remaining partner divorced from the cash. Partner left with inventory, which is definitely not cash, but could be. A division of a business based on half inventory and half cash is a bad split.