Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 178.0809

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    A dissolved limited liability partnership that has published a notice under s. 178.0808 may file an application with the circuit court in the county in this state where the partnership’s principal office is located or, if the principal office is not located in this state, where the partnership’s registered office is or was last located, for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of claims that are contingent or are not known to the partnership or that are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution but that, based on the facts known to the partnership, are reasonably expected to arise after the effective date of dissolution.
   (2)   Provision need not be made for any claim that is or is reasonably anticipated to be barred under s. 178.0808.
   (3)   Not later than 10 days after the filing of an application under sub. (1), the dissolved limited liability partnership shall give notice of the proceeding to each claimant holding a contingent claim whose contingent claim is known to the partnership.
   (4)   In any proceeding under this section, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent all claimants whose identities are unknown. The reasonable fees and expenses of the guardian, including all reasonable expert witness fees, must be paid by the dissolved limited liability partnership.
   (5)   A dissolved limited liability partnership that provides security in the amount and form ordered by the court under sub. (1) satisfies the partnership’s obligations with respect to claims that are contingent, are not known to the partnership, or are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution, and such claims may not be enforced against a partner or transferee on account of assets received in liquidation.