(a) The circuit court may dissolve a corporation:
(1) in a proceeding by the attorney general if it is established that:
(i) the corporation obtained its articles of incorporation through fraud;
(ii) the corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law; or
(iii) the corporation is a public benefit corporation and the corporate assets are being fraudulently misapplied or wasted.
(2) except as provided in the articles or bylaws of a religious corporation, in a proceeding by fifty (50) members or members holding five percent (5%) of the voting power, whichever is less, or by a director or any person specified in the articles, if it is established that:
(i) the directors are deadlocked in the management of the corporate affairs, and the members, if any, are unable to breach the deadlock;
(ii) the directors or those in control of the corporation have acted, are acting or will act in a manner that is illegal or fraudulent;
(iii) the members are deadlocked in voting power and have failed, for a period that includes at least two (2) consecutive annual meeting dates, to elect successors to directors whose terms have, or would otherwise have, expired; or
(iv) the corporate assets are being fraudulently misapplied or wasted.
(3) in a proceeding by a creditor if it is established that:
(i) the creditor's claim has been reduced to judgment, the execution on the judgment returned unsatisfied and the corporation is insolvent; or
(ii) the corporation has admitted in writing that the creditor's claim is due and owing and the corporation is insolvent.
(4) in a proceeding by the corporation to have its voluntary dissolution continued under court supervision.
(b) Prior to dissolving a corporation, the court shall consider whether:
(1) there are reasonable alternatives to dissolution;
(2) dissolution is in the public interest, if the corporation is a public benefit corporation; and
(3) dissolution is the best way of protecting the interests of members, if the corporation is a mutual benefit corporation.
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