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Business valuations for divorce proceedings, supporting equitable division of marital assets, prepared in accordance with USPAP. AppraiseItNow provides reports covering ownership interests, sole proprietorships, and closely held companies.
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Joe founded AppraiseItNow to make a certified, USPAP-compliant appraisal as simple to order as anything else online. A former Bain & Company strategy consultant, Joe leads the entire team and specializes in strategy, growth, and the firm's tech capabilities.
Business Valuation Expert & Appraiser
ASA, ABV, and CFA charterholder. Since 2016 Justin has valued businesses for estate and gift tax, purchase price allocations, fairness opinions, lending, and buy-sell agreements, across manufacturing, services, retail, and pre-revenue biotech.
Business Valuation Expert & Appraiser
Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers. Raymond values capital stock, business enterprises, stock options, and intangible assets.
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Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
American Society of AppraisersAccredited Senior Appraiser
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsWhen a spouse owns a business interest that qualifies as marital property, courts, attorneys, and mediators require a formal valuation to support equitable division. AppraiseItNow provides fair market value opinions for business interests of all sizes and structures, from sole proprietorships to minority partnership stakes. The valuation date, which is typically tied to the date of separation or divorce filing depending on the jurisdiction, must be specified in the engagement, and our business valuation practice is experienced in producing reports that meet the heightened scrutiny of family law proceedings.
We deliver business appraisals both online and onsite across the United States, working directly with attorneys, mediators, and their clients. Whether you need a single neutral expert or an independent second opinion, our divorce valuation services are structured to meet court deadlines and withstand cross-examination.
AppraiseItNow appraises a wide range of business types and ownership structures that commonly appear in marital dissolution proceedings.
Our appraisers hold credentials from recognized professional bodies including ISA, ASA, AAA, CAGA, AMEA, and NEBB, and are experienced in the specific documentation and testimony standards that family law proceedings require.
What clients say we are known for
Across 80+ published AppraiseItNow reviews the picture is consistent: every one is from a client who paid us for an appraisal, and the three things they raise most often are that they would hire us again, how quickly we answer, and how much research is visible in the report.
From the start they were very responsive, price competitive, and had a quick turn around time. Thank you so much to Joe who was very sweet in responding to my emails; I am looking forward to utilizing AppraiseItNow for many years to come.
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It depends on the state: there is no national standard for divorce business valuations. Many states default to fair market value, New Jersey applies fair value without discounts under Brown v. Brown, California uses investment value to the owner-spouse, and Virginia applies an intrinsic value standard. We obtain jurisdiction-specific legal instruction before the appraisal begins, because the wrong standard is an outcome-changing error.
States split on this. Florida statute expressly treats enterprise goodwill as a marital asset and personal goodwill, tied to an individual's reputation and skills, as non-marital, while other states include or exclude personal goodwill differently. Whether the business is valued as if sold or as held by the owner-spouse often determines how much goodwill ends up divided.
Only in some jurisdictions. New Jersey's fair value standard presumptively bars minority and marketability discounts except in extraordinary circumstances, and investment-value states measure worth to the owner-spouse, which leaves little room for discounts. In fair market value states, discounts remain available but must be supported. The discount question alone can swing a marital business value materially.
Counting the same earnings stream twice: once when the business is capitalized into a marital asset value, and again when spousal support is calculated from those same earnings. States differ on whether and how they limit the practice, so the valuation and the support calculation need to be coordinated rather than prepared in isolation.