There are ways to protect yourself ahead of time so your business survives your divorce. Some of the strategies are straightforward and are fairly routine. Others require a bit of imagination. You can:1. Get a prenuptial agreement. While a prenup is not guaranteed to save your business, thereâs a good chance it will. In it, you will designate any future businesses or businesses which have already started as separate property. There must be full disclosure to your fiancÃ. The agreement must be in writing and signed in the presence of witnesses or a notary, and you cannot coerce your soon-to-be spouse to sign. Signing has to be voluntary and not done a few days before the wedding, otherwise a court can declare the prenup null and void.2. Get a postnuptial agreement. A postnup is an agreement much like a prenup but it is entered into after you are married. Courts carefully scrutinize postnups because spouses are signing their rights away. Postnups are not always upheld by the courts but theyâre better than not having anything in place.3. Get a buy-sell agreement. Buy-sell agreements are another way to protect your business. Besides protecting your business from situations where your partner dies or when the business is sold, it also protects you in the event of divorce. A good tax lawyer or lawyer well-versed in contract and business law can draft this type of agreement.4. Make sure your spouse is not working for you or with you. The more involved the spouse, the more he or she is going to want a piece of the business.5. Pay yourself a salary so that youâre getting a draw from the business instead of reinvesting into the business. If you fail to pay yourself but instead put the surplus back into the business, your ex is going to want a healthy chunk of that business.6. Keep personal and business expenses separate so the business remains your separate property.7. Put the business in a trust to remove it as a marital asset.