When people of a high net worth decide that it's time to end their marriage, they generally have more work to do than many others when it comes to organizing their assets and completing the process of dividing them in accordance with California's community property laws.  This is especially true if no proactive steps have been taken by the spouses to label certain assets in certain ways that arguments over them can be avoided.  Most often, this lack of proactive steps involves a business ownership interest.