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===Bankruptcy and dissolution=== At the end of 1978, the Temple declared bankruptcy, and its assets went into [[receivership]].<ref name="happened">[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=35370 "What happened to Peoples Temple after 18 November 1978?"] ''Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple''. San Diego State University: Jonestown Project. 2007-03-08. {{cite web |url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/FAQ/q_ptafternov18.htm |title=Frequently Asked Questions |access-date=2008-06-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205062516/http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/FAQ/q_ptafternov18.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2011 }}</ref> In light of lawsuits, on December 4, 1978, [[Charles Garry]], the corporation's attorney, petitioned to dissolve the Temple. The petition was granted in San Francisco Superior Court in January 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=13665|title=The Court's Wrapping-Up of Peoples Temple Affairs β Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple|website=jonestown.sdsu.edu|access-date=June 16, 2017}}</ref> A few Temple members remained in Guyana through May 1979 in order to wrap up the movement's affairs, then they returned to the United States.<ref name="happened" /> The Temple's buildings in Los Angeles, Indianapolis, and Redwood Valley are all intact,<ref name="happened" /> as is the Temple's former Georgetown headquarters. Some former Temple buildings, such as the Los Angeles facility, are presently used by church congregations.<ref>[http://centralspanish22.adventistchurchconnect.org/article.php?id=15 ''Central Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church'']. AdventistChurchConnect.org. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724224419/http://centralspanish22.adventistchurchconnect.org/article.php?id=15 |date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref> The Temple's former San Francisco headquarters, located at 1859 Geary Boulevard, was destroyed in the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]]; the site is now occupied by a [[United States Post Office|Post Office]] branch.
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