never ever go into partnership
it just doesn't work, one half always works harder than the other, personality clashes etc all make for a bad experience.
my son works FOR ME although I would have a hard time enforcing that! He is out in a seperate van, I have a guy with me, he has a guy with him. I take care of most of the bookwork and pay the wages, its a good setup for us as I know my son can run the business on his own and vice versa so it takes the pressure off both of us but as for working together in the same van - no chance