Wis. Stat. § 183.0404

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 272
Section 183.0404 - Sharing of and right to distributions before dissolution
(1) Except to the extent necessary to comply with any transfer effective under s. 183.0502 or charging order in effect under s. 183.0503, any distributions made by a limited liability company before its dissolution and winding up must be made proportionally among members and dissociated members on the basis of the value of the contributions made by each such member, as stated in the records required to be kept under s. 183.0402 (2), or, in the case of a company treated as a partnership for tax purposes, the partnership capital account of each such member as computed for tax reporting purposes.
(2) A person has a right to a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of a limited liability company only if the company decides to make an interim distribution. A person's dissociation does not entitle the person to a distribution.
(3) A person does not have a right to demand or receive a distribution from a limited liability company in any form other than money. Except as otherwise provided in s. 183.0707 (4), a limited liability company may distribute an asset in kind if each part of the asset is fungible with each other part and each person receives a percentage of the asset equal in value to the person's share of distributions.
(4) If a member or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the member or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited liability company with respect to the distribution. However, the company's obligation to make a distribution is subject to offset for any amount owed to the company by the member or a person dissociated as a member on whose account the distribution is made.

Wis. Stat. § 183.0404

Amended by Acts 2021 ch, 258,s 616, eff. 4/17/2022.
1993 a. 112; 2001 a. 44.

Reading ss. 183.0402 and 183.0404 together, members with a material conflict of interest are not prevented from voting their ownership interest with respect to a given matter. Rather, they are prohibited from acting in a manner that constitutes a willful failure to deal fairly with the LLC or its other members by willfully acting, or failing to act, in a manner that will have the effect of injuring the LLC or its other members. Gottsacker v. Monnier, 2005 WI 69, 281 Wis. 2d 361, 697 N.W.2d 436, 03-0457. This chapter, unlike ch. 180, does not contain a requirement that approval or consent of members to undertake an action be reduced to written form. Rather, it requires an affirmative vote, approval, or consent to decide any matter connected with the business of an LLC. Sanitary District No. 4 - Town of Brookfield v. City of Brookfield, 2009 WI App 47, 317 Wis. 2d 532, 767 N.W.2d 316, 08-0511. The First LLC Case. Boucher & Kamperschroer. Wis. Law. Sept. 2005.