Also known as: dissolutions · dissolve
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The termination of a legal relationship or status.
Dustin Donovan divorced his first wife and executed a new will leaving his estate to his children. After remarrying the same woman two years later, Dustin died without changing the will. The children claimed the original bequest to the former spouse remained revoked. The court revived the provision because the remarriage restored the testamentary intent under the governing rule.
Dylan Duffy formed an LLC with two other members to run a delivery service. The company incurred a large supplier debt before the members voted to dissolve it. The supplier sued Dylan personally. The court dismissed the claim because the member's personal liability shield continued even after the entity's termination.
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Derek Douglas and Deborah Dunn signed a marital agreement before their wedding that listed how assets would be divided if their marriage ended. When they later separated, Derek argued state default rules should apply instead. The court enforced the agreement's terms for the division of their property upon termination of the marriage.
Dolores Diaz and Danielle Dixon formed a partnership to operate a bakery. After a dispute they voted to end the business. Dolores wanted to keep selling bread to existing customers while Danielle demanded immediate liquidation. The court ordered the partnership to continue only long enough to settle accounts and distribute assets.
Dominion Capital's founder and his spouse signed a premarital agreement waiving all spousal support. After their marriage ended the spouse qualified for public assistance. The court ordered the founder to pay support sufficient to keep the former spouse off public aid despite the earlier waiver.
Dawson Steel obtained a preliminary injunction blocking a competitor from using certain trade secrets. The district court later dissolved the injunction. Dawson immediately appealed the dissolution order to the court of appeals. The appellate court accepted the appeal because the statute expressly permits review of orders dissolving injunctions.
No. The statute provides that a member's liability shield remains intact even after the company ends. Creditors must still pursue the entity itself rather than individual members solely because of their former status.
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A dissolved partnership continues only for winding up. New contracts bind it if the other party lacked notice of the dissolution and the act would have bound the partnership before termination. Contracts outside winding-up purposes generally do not bind the entity.
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Yes. If the waiver leaves a party eligible for public assistance, a court may order support payments to prevent that eligibility. The order is limited to the amount necessary to avoid public-aid qualification.
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The provision is revived if the testator remarries the former spouse, reexecutes the will, or executes a codicil showing intent to revive it. Nullification of the divorce also revives the provision.
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Orders granting, continuing, modifying, refusing, or dissolving injunctions are appealable as of right. Orders refusing to dissolve or modify an injunction are also appealable under the same provision.
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…created, and the causes for which it may be dissolved. One of the parties guilty of acts for which, by the law of the State, a dissolution may be granted, may have removed to a State where no dissolution is permitted. The complaining party would, therefore, fail if a divorce were sought in the State of the defendant; and if…