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Family

Sep. 28, 2026

AI fortunes complicate divorce valuations, but not the law

Bay Area family law attorneys say private-company equity, volatile valuations and complex compensation packages are making AI-related divorces harder to untangle, even as established community property rules continue to govern.

AI fortunes complicate divorce valuations, but not the law
Amrit Kullar of Lewellen Family Law Group

California family law has spent decades developing rules for dividing stock options, restricted shares and other forms of technology compensation. The AI boom is testing those rules on a new scale.

Bay Area family law attorneys say they are increasingly handling divorces involving fortunes tied to private artificial intelligence companies, where rapidly changing valuations and complicated equity packages can make determining what a spouse owns -- and what it is worth -- particular...

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