Dear Board Members:

This letter is in response to your request for our opinion in connection with the filing of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, File Nos. 333-265380 and 811-23808, (the "Registration Statement") of Peak Income Plus Fund (the "Fund").

We have examined a copy of the Fund's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Fund's By-Laws, the Fund's record of the various actions by the Trustees thereof, and all such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers and representatives of the Fund and others, and such other documents, papers, statutes and authorities as we deem necessary to form the basis of the opinion hereinafter expressed. We have assumed the genuineness of the signatures and the conformity to original documents of the copies of such documents supplied to us as copies thereof.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, after the Registration Statement is effective for purposes of applicable federal and state securities laws, the shares of the Fund, if issued in accordance with the then current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the Fund, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We hereby give you our permission to file this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, and consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement. This opinion may not be filed with any subsequent amendment, or incorporated by reference into a subsequent amendment, without our prior written consent. This opinion is prepared for the Fund and its shareholders and may not be relied upon by any other person or organization without our prior written approval.

Cassandra.Borchers@ThompsonHine.com Fax: 513.241.4771 Phone: 513.352.6632