The superior
courts may dissolve a corporation:
(1) In a proceeding by the attorney general if it is
established that:
(a) The corporation obtained its articles of incorporation
through fraud; or
(b) The corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the
authority conferred upon it by law;
(2) In a proceeding by a shareholder if it is established
that:
(a) The directors are deadlocked in the management of the
corporate affairs, the shareholders are unable to break the
deadlock, and irreparable injury to the corporation is threatened
or being suffered, or the business and affairs of the corporation
can no longer be conducted to the advantage of the shareholders
generally, because of the deadlock;
(b) 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;
(c) The shareholders are deadlocked in voting power and have
failed, for a period that includes at least two consecutive
annual meeting dates, to elect successors to directors whose
terms have expired, and irreparable injury to the corporation is
threatened or being suffered, or the business and affairs of the
corporation can no longer be conducted to the advantage of the
shareholders generally, because of the deadlock;
(d) The corporate assets are being misapplied or wasted; or
(e) The corporation has ceased all business activity and has
failed, within a reasonable time, to dissolve, to liquidate its
assets, or to distribute its remaining assets among its
shareholders;
(3) 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 was returned unsatisfied, and the
corporation is not able to pay its liabilities as they become due
in the usual course of business or its assets are less than the
sum of its total liabilities; or
(b) The corporation has admitted in writing that the
creditor's claim is due and owing and the corporation is not able
to pay its liabilities as they become due in the usual course of
business or its assets are less than the sum of its total
liabilities.
The superior courts may also assume control over a dissolved
corporation's assets and the process for winding up and
liquidating its business and affairs, in a proceeding instituted
by the dissolved corporation to have its voluntary dissolution
continued under court supervision.
[2006 c 52 § 14; 1995 c 47 § 3; 1993 c 290 § 3; 1989 c 165 § 163.]