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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The superior court for the judicial district where the corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located may dissolve a corporation:
(1) In a proceeding by a member or a director if it is established that: (A) The directors or those in control of the corporation have acted, are acting or will act in a manner that is illegal, oppressive or fraudulent; or (B) the corporate assets are being misapplied or wasted;
(2) In a proceeding by a creditor if it is established that: (A) The creditor's claim has been reduced to judgment, the execution on the judgment returned unsatisfied and the corporation is insolvent; or (B) the corporation has admitted in writing that the creditor's claim is due and owing and the corporation is insolvent;
(3) In a proceeding by the corporation to have its voluntary dissolution continued under court supervision; or
(4) In a proceeding by the Attorney General in proceedings in the nature of quo warranto.
(b) The superior court for the judicial district where the corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located shall dissolve a corporation: (1) In a proceeding by a member or members having voting power sufficient under the circumstances to dissolve the corporation pursuant to the certificate of incorporation; (2) in a proceeding by a member or a director when it is established that (A) under the provisions of sections 33-1000 to 33-1290, inclusive, or of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, the directors are deadlocked in the management of the corporate affairs and the members, if any, are unable to break the deadlock, or (B) if there are members entitled to vote for the election of directors, such members are deadlocked in voting power for the election of directors and for that reason have been unable at the next preceding annual meeting to agree upon or vote for directors as successors to directors whose term would normally have expired upon the election of their successors.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 33. Corporations § 33-1187. Grounds for judicial dissolution - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-33-corporations/ct-gen-st-sect-33-1187/
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