(a) A limited liability company is dissolved, and its activities and affairs must be wound up, upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) An event or circumstance that the operating agreement states causes dissolution;
(2) The consent of a majority in interest of the members;
(3) The passage of ninety consecutive days during which the company has no members unless before the end of the period: (A) Consent to admit at least one specified person as a member is given by transferees owning the rights to receive a majority of distributions as transferees at the time the consent is to be effective; and (B) at least one person becomes a member in accordance with the consent;
(4) On application by a member, the entry by the Superior Court for the judicial district where the principal office of the limited liability company is located, or if none in this state, where its registered agent is located, of an order dissolving the company on the grounds that: (A) The conduct of all or substantially all of the company's activities and affairs is unlawful; or (B) it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the company's activities and affairs;
(5) On application by a member, the entry by the Superior Court for the judicial district where the principal office of the limited liability company is located, of an order dissolving the company on the grounds that the managers or those members in control of the company: (A) Have acted, are acting or will act in a manner that is illegal or fraudulent; or (B) have acted or are acting in a manner that is oppressive and was, is, or will be directly harmful to the applicant; or
(6) The preparation and filing of a certificate of dissolution by forfeiture by the Secretary of the State under subsection (b) or (c) of section 34-267g.
(b) In a proceeding brought under subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of this section, the court may order a remedy other than dissolution.
(P.A. 16-97, S. 56.)
History: P.A. 16-97 effective July 1, 2017.
Subsec. (a)(5): Proper analysis of an oppression claim requires court to assess claim under the “reasonable expectations” standard, thus, a majority member's conduct is oppressive if that conduct substantially defeats the minority member's expectations which, objectively viewed, were both reasonable under the circumstances and were central to his or her decision to join the venture or developed over time. Language of Subpara. requires a causal connection between the oppressive conduct and the harm sustained by the plaintiff-member, thus, the harm at issue is not limited to a particular instance, so long as a member was harmed, is being harmed, or will be harmed by the oppressive conduct, such will suffice to satisfy the statute. 200 CA 356.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 613a - Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
Section 34-243. - Short title: Connecticut Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.
Section 34-243a. - Definitions.
Section 34-243b. - Knowledge. Notice.
Section 34-243c. - Governing law.
Section 34-243d. - Operating agreement: Scope, function and limitations.
Section 34-243g. - Nature, purpose and duration of limited liability company.
Section 34-243h. - Powers and purposes. Restrictions.
Section 34-243i. - Effective date. Application to existing relationships.
Section 34-243j. - Supplemental principles of law.
Section 34-243k. - Permitted name.
Section 34-243l. - Reservation of name.
Section 34-243m. - Registration of name.
Section 34-243n. - Registered agent.
Section 34-243p. - Resignation of registered agent.
Section 34-243q. - Change of name or address by registered agent.
Section 34-243r. - Service of process, notice or demand.
Section 34-243s. - Delivery of record.
Section 34-243t. - Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
Section 34-243u. - Fees payable to Secretary of the State. Sales tax not imposed.
Section 34-243w. - Savings clause.
Section 34-247. - Formation of limited liability company. Certificate of organization.
Section 34-247a. - Amendment or restatement of certificate of organization.
Section 34-247b. - Signing of records delivered to Secretary of the State for filing.
Section 34-247c. - Signing and filing of record pursuant to judicial order.
Section 34-247d. - Liability for inaccurate information in filed record.
Section 34-247e. - Filing requirements.
Section 34-247f. - Effective date and time.
Section 34-247g. - Withdrawal of filed record prior to taking effect.
Section 34-247h. - Correcting filed record.
Section 34-247i. - Duties of Secretary of the State re filing and delivery of record.
Section 34-247j. - Certificate of legal existence.
Section 34-247k. - Annual report.
Section 34-251. - Effect of person's status as member.
Section 34-251a. - Liability of members and managers.
Section 34-255. - Becoming a member.
Section 34-255a. - Form of contribution.
Section 34-255b. - Liability for contribution.
Section 34-255c. - Sharing of and right to distributions before dissolution.
Section 34-255d. - Limitations on distributions.
Section 34-255e. - Liability for improper distributions.
Section 34-255f. - Management of limited liability company.
Section 34-255g. - Reimbursement, indemnification, advancement and insurance.
Section 34-255h. - Standards of conduct for members and managers.
Section 34-255i. - Rights of member, manager and person disassociated as member to information.
Section 34-259. - Nature of transferable interest.
Section 34-259a. - Transfer of transferable interest.
Section 34-259b. - Charging order.
Section 34-259c. - Power of legal representative of deceased member.
Section 34-263. - Power to dissociate as member. Wrongful dissociation.
Section 34-263a. - Events causing dissociation.
Section 34-263b. - Effect of dissociation.
Section 34-267. - Events causing dissolution.
Section 34-267a. - Winding up.
Section 34-267b. - Reinstatement after dissolution.
Section 34-267c. - Known claims against dissolved limited liability company.
Section 34-267d. - Other claims against dissolved limited liability company.
Section 34-267e. - Court proceedings.
Section 34-267f. - Disposition of assets in winding up.
Section 34-267g. - Dissolution by forfeiture.
Section 34-271. - Direct action by member.
Section 34-271a. - Derivative action.
Section 34-271b. - Derivative action. Proper plaintiff.
Section 34-271c. - Derivative action. Pleading.
Section 34-271d. - Derivative action. Special litigation committee.
Section 34-271e. - Derivative action. Proceeds and expenses.
Section 34-275. - Governing law.
Section 34-275a. - Registration to transact business in this state.
Section 34-275b. - Foreign registration statement.
Section 34-275c. - Amendment of foreign registration certificate.
Section 34-275d. - Activities not constituting transacting business in this state.
Section 34-275e. - Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company.
Section 34-275f. - Transfer of registration.
Section 34-275g. - Revocation of foreign registration certificate.
Section 34-275h. - Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign limited liability company.
Section 34-275i. - Action by Attorney General.
Section 34-279. - Definitions.
Section 34-279a. - Applicability of other statutes.
Section 34-279b. - Required notice or approval.
Section 34-279c. - Status of filings.
Section 34-279d. - Nonexclusivity.
Section 34-279e. - Plan reference to external facts.
Section 34-279f. - Applicability of appraisal rights.
Section 34-279g. - Excluded entities and transactions.
Section 34-279h. - Merger authorized.
Section 34-279i. - Action on plan of merging limited liability company.
Section 34-279j. - Filings required for merger. Effective date.
Section 34-279k. - Effect of merger.
Section 34-279l. - Interest exchange authorized.
Section 34-279m. - Plan of interest exchange.
Section 34-279n. - Approval of interest exchange.
Section 34-279o. - Amendment or abandonment of plan of interest exchange.
Section 34-279p. - Certificate of interest exchange. Effective date of interest exchange.
Section 34-279q. - Effect of interest exchange.
Section 34-283. - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 34-283a. - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section 34-283b. - Savings clause.
Section 34-283c. - Severability clause.