When a rogue partner makes off with your clients
Cassie Mariol, New Philadelphia, Ohio
I started a janitorial service, Complete Janitorial Solutions, and my sister joined me as an equal partner. In January, I told her I would like to get out of the business in six months. In February, my sister formed a new enterprise under her own name, contacted all of our clients, and told them I was planning on quitting the cleaning business. She then asked them to terminate any contracts with Complete Janitorial Solutions and sign new ones with her. The only compensation offered for my financial setback was a 2000 Astro van. Am I in any legal position to ask for compensation? What kind of severance am I entitled to? When we became incorporated, we never wrote up any legal documents stating what would happen in this case.
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