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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 11, § 4081

Events causing member’s dissociation

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Current — June 1, 2022
As of July 1, 2021
A person is dissociated from a limited liability company upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
A person is dissociated from a limited liability company upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) the company's having notice of the member's express will to withdraw upon the date of notice or, if a later withdrawal date is specified by the member, on the later date;
(1) the company’s having notice of the member’s express will to withdraw upon the date of notice or, if a later withdrawal date is specified by the member, on the later date;
(2) an event agreed to in the operating agreement as causing the member's dissociation;
(2) an event agreed to in the operating agreement as causing the member’s dissociation;
(3) the member's expulsion pursuant to the operating agreement;
(3) the member’s expulsion pursuant to the operating agreement;
(4) the member's expulsion by unanimous vote of the other members if: it is unlawful to carry on the company's business with the person as a member;
(4) the member’s expulsion by unanimous vote of the other members if: it is unlawful to carry on the company’s business with the person as a member;
(5) there has been a transfer of substantially all of the member's distributional interest, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the member's distributional interest, which has not been foreclosed;
(5) there has been a transfer of substantially all of the member’s distributional interest, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the member’s distributional interest, which has not been foreclosed;
(6) a corporation that is a member fails to obtain a revocation of its certificate of dissolution or a reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct business within 90 days after the company notifies such member that it will be expelled because it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its incorporation; or
(6) a corporation that is a member fails to obtain a revocation of its certificate of dissolution or a reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct business within 90 days after the company notifies such member that it will be expelled because it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its incorporation; or
(7) a partnership or a limited liability company that is a member has been dissolved and its business is being wound up;
(7) a partnership or a limited liability company that is a member has been dissolved and its business is being wound up;
(8) on application by the company or another member, the member's expulsion by judicial determination because the member: engaged in wrongful conduct that has adversely and materially affected, or will adversely and materially affect, the company's business;
(8) on application by the company or another member, the member’s expulsion by judicial determination because the member: engaged in wrongful conduct that has adversely and materially affected, or will adversely and materially affect, the company’s business;
(9) willfully or persistently committed a material breach of the operating agreement or of a duty owed to the company or the other members under section 4059 of this title; or
(9) willfully or persistently committed a material breach of the operating agreement or of a duty owed to the company or the other members under section 4059 of this title; or
(10) engaged in conduct relating to the company's business which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business with the person as a member;
(10) engaged in conduct relating to the company’s business which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business with the person as a member;
(11) in a member-managed limited liability company, the member: becomes a debtor in bankruptcy;
(11) in a member-managed limited liability company, the member: becomes a debtor in bankruptcy;
(12) executes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(12) executes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(13) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the member or of all or substantially all of the member's property; or
(13) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the member or of all or substantially all of the member’s property; or
(14) fails, within 90 days after the appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the member or of all or substantially all of the member's property obtained without the member's consent or acquiescence, or fails within 90 days after the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated;
(14) fails, within 90 days after the appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the member or of all or substantially all of the member’s property obtained without the member’s consent or acquiescence, or fails within 90 days after the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated;
(15) in the case of a member who is an individual: the member's death; or
(15) in the case of a member who is an individual: the member’s death; or
(16) in a member-managed limited liability company: the appointment of a guardian or general conservator for the member; or
(16) in a member-managed limited liability company: the appointment of a guardian or general conservator for the member; or
(17) a judicial determination that the member has otherwise become incapable of performing the member's duties under the operating agreement;
(17) a judicial determination that the member has otherwise become incapable of performing the member’s duties under the operating agreement;
(18) in the case of a member that is a trust or is acting as a member by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust's entire rights to receive distributions from the company, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;
(18) in the case of a member that is a trust or is acting as a member by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust’s entire rights to receive distributions from the company, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;
(19) in the case of a member that is an estate or is acting as a member by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, distribution of the estate's entire distributional interest in the company, but not merely the substitution of a successor personal representative;
(19) in the case of a member that is an estate or is acting as a member by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, distribution of the estate’s entire distributional interest in the company, but not merely the substitution of a successor personal representative;
(20) termination of the existence of a member if the member is not an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, estate, or trust;
(20) termination of the existence of a member if the member is not an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, estate, or trust;
(21) the company participates in a merger under subchapter 10 of this chapter and: the company is not the surviving entity; or
(21) the company participates in a merger under subchapter 10 of this chapter and: the company is not the surviving entity; or
(22) the person otherwise ceases to be a member as a result of the merger;
(22) the person otherwise ceases to be a member as a result of the merger;
(23) the company participates in a conversion under subchapter 10 of this chapter;
(23) the company participates in a conversion under subchapter 10 of this chapter;
(24) the company participates in a domestication under subchapter 10 of this chapter, and, the person ceases to be a member as a result of the domestication; or
(24) the company participates in a domestication under subchapter 10 of this chapter, and, the person ceases to be a member as a result of the domestication; or
(25) termination of a member’s continued membership in a limited liability company for any other reason. Added 2015, No. 17, § 2.
(25) termination of a member’s continued membership in a limited liability company for any other reason.

Official source: Vermont General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Vermont statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.