CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Business Interests
......Goodwill
.........Celebrity/Executive Goodwill
5 Cards On This Topic:
  • Celebrity goodwill not recognized in Cal.
  • An individual performing services as a "natural person," as opposed to as a business or profession, cannot have goodwill; "celebrity goodwill" not recognized.
  • Enhanced skills of an artist, albeit growing from innate talent, which have enabled her to become exceptional earner, may be valued and divided in divorce.
  • Celebrity goodwill recognized in N.J. divorce.
  • Celebrity goodwill recognized in N.Y. case and offset against professional goodwill.