概要

在离婚纠纷中，掌握公司经营主导权的一方，常以“股东会决议注销+简易清算”的方式处置婚内设立的公司，通过隐匿清算资产、虚构“无剩余财产”、未经合法清算即注销等手段，规避与另一方分割公司资产。而实践中，部分法院因对“公司清算资产与夫妻共同财产的关联性”认定模糊，或以“公司财产非夫妻共同财产”为由驳回非股东一方的调查申请，导致其合法权益难以保障。事实上，婚姻关系存续期间股东从公司清算中获得的剩余财产，本质是股权权益的转化形式，依法属于夫妻共同财产；即便公司已注销，另一方仍可通过法定程序查询资产去向、主张分割权益。本文结合5起各地法院生效典型案例，从资产查询实操方法、诉讼主张路径、法院裁判规则、实操维权要点等方面，为夫妻中非股东一方提供一套可直接落地的维权方案，同时明确法院处理此类案件的现存问题与解决思路，兼具合法性、实操性与参考性。

考虑到目前国内实践中掌握公司主要经营权的股东一方往往为男性，且本文选取的5起案例中除案例3外均为妻子维权，为增进行文的流畅和可读性，本文在说理部分将以丈夫注销清算公司资产，妻子维权的视角展开。本篇主要介绍清算资产查询全流程和离婚诉讼中分割清算资产的主张路径。

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 15, 2024.

La nueva regulación concursal permite a los acreedores de una compañía insolvente convertirse en nuevos dueños con un plan de reestructuración homologado por un juez. El caso Celsa, el primero en el que unos fondos han presentado un plan hostil para hacerse con la empresa, anima a que las empresas familiares tomen medidas de manera anticipada.

Reid-Roberts & Anor v Mei-Lin & Anor (Re Audun Mar Gudmundsson (a Bankrupt) [2024] EWHC 759 (Ch) was an unusual case resulting in an unusual application of the exceptional circumstances rule in the context of an application by the joint trustees in bankruptcy of Audun Mar Gudmundson for declarations as to the beneficial ownership of his and his ex-wife’s former matrimonial home and orders under s 335A Insolvency Act 1986 for possession and sale.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 15, 2024.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 4, 2023.

In AssessNet Inc. v. Ferro Estate, the Court set aside an order dismissing the action, finding that the summary judgment motion judge had erred in determining the issue of discoverability of a claim against a trustee in bankruptcy.

Torgersrud v Lightstone is a family law decision where the Court dismissed an appeal from an order setting aside a marriage contract entered into in Quebec in 1988.

Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 28, 2023.

I hope everyone is enjoying the last long weekend of the summer.

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General) is a 125-page decision dealing with the claim of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation to submerged lands in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The claim was mostly unsuccessful.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 17, 2023.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal for the week of April 24, 2023.

Good evening.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 26, 2022.