(a) A person shall not have a right to dissociate as a limited partner before the termination of the limited partnership.
(b) A person shall be dissociated from a limited partnership as a limited partner upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) The limited partnership's having notice of the person's express will to withdraw as a limited partner or on a later date specified by the person;
(2) An event agreed to in the partnership agreement as causing the person's dissociation as a limited partner;
(3) The person's expulsion as a limited partner pursuant to the partnership agreement;
(4) The person's expulsion as a limited partner by the unanimous consent of the other partners if:
(A) It is unlawful to carry on the limited partnership's activities with the person as a limited partner;
(B) There has been a transfer of all of the person's transferable interest in the limited partnership, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the person's interest, which has not been foreclosed;
(C) The person is a corporation and, within 90 days after the limited partnership notifies the person that it will be expelled as a limited partner because it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its incorporation, there is no revocation of the certificate of dissolution or no reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct business; or
(D) The person is a limited liability company or partnership that has been dissolved and whose business is being wound up;
(5) On application by the limited partnership, the person's expulsion as a limited partner by judicial order because:
(A) The person engaged in wrongful conduct that adversely and materially affected the limited partnership's activities;
(B) The person willfully or persistently committed a material breach of the partnership agreement or of the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under § 29-703.05(b); or
(C) The person engaged in conduct relating to the limited partnership's activities which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities with the person as limited partner;
(6) In the case of a person who is an individual, the person's death;
(7) In the case of a person that is a trust or is acting as a limited partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;
(8) In the case of a person that is an estate or is acting as a limited partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, distribution of the estate's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor personal representative;
(9) Termination of a limited partner that is not an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, or estate;
(10) The limited partnership's participation in a merger under subchapter X of this chapter, if the limited partnership is;
(A) Not the surviving entity; or
(B) The surviving entity but, as a result of the merger, the person ceases to be a limited partner;
(11) The limited partnership's participation in a transaction under Chapter 2 of this title if the limited partnership shall:
(A) Not survive the transaction; or
(B) Survive the transaction, but as a result of the transaction, the person ceases to be a limited partner.
(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 18-378, see notes under § 29-101.01.
Uniform Law
This section is based on § 601 of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001 Act). See Vol. 6A , Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition or ULA Database on Westlaw.
(a) Upon a person's dissociation as a limited partner:
(1) Subject to § 29-707.04, the person shall not have further rights as a limited partner;
(2) The person's obligation of good faith and fair dealing as a limited partner under § 29-703.05(b) shall continue only as to matters arising and events occurring before the dissociation; and
(3) Subject to § 29-707.04 and subchapter X of this chapter, any transferable interest owned by the person in the person's capacity as a limited partner immediately before dissociation shall be owned by the person as a mere transferee.
(b) A person's dissociation as a limited partner shall not of itself discharge the person from any obligation to the limited partnership or the other partners which the person incurred while a limited partner.
(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 18-378, see notes under § 29-101.01.
Uniform Law
This section is based on § 602 of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001 Act). See Vol. 6A , Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition or ULA Database on Westlaw.
A person shall be dissociated from a limited partnership as a general partner when:
(1) The limited partnership has notice of the person's express will to withdraw as a general partner or on a later date specified by the person;
(2) An event agreed to in the partnership agreement as causing the person's dissociation as a general partner occurs;
(3) The person is expelled as a general partner pursuant to the partnership agreement;
(4) The person is expelled as a general partner by the unanimous consent of the other partners if:
(A) It is unlawful to carry on the limited partnership's activities with the person as a general partner;
(B) There has been a transfer of all or substantially all of the person's transferable interest in the limited partnership, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the person's interest, which has not been foreclosed;
(C) The person is a corporation and, within 90 days after the limited partnership notifies the person that it will be expelled as a general partner because it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its incorporation, there is no revocation of the certificate of dissolution or no reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct business; or
(D) The person is a limited liability company or partnership that has been dissolved and whose business is being wound up;
(5) On application by the limited partnership, the person is expelled as a general partner by judicial determination because:
(A) The person engaged in wrongful conduct that adversely and materially affected the limited partnership activities;
(B) The person willfully or persistently committed a material breach of the partnership agreement or of a duty owed to the partnership or the other partners under § 29-704.08; or
(C) The person engaged in conduct relating to the limited partnership's activities which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities of the limited partnership with the person as a general partner;
(6) The person:
(A) Became a debtor in bankruptcy;
(B) Executes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(C) Seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the person or of all or substantially all of the person's property; or
(D) Fails, within 90 days after the appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the general partner or of all or substantially all of the person's property obtained without the person's consent or acquiescence, or failing within 90 days after the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated;
(7) In the case of a person who is an individual:
(A) The person dies;
(B) A guardian or general conservator is appointed for the person; or
(C) There is a judicial determination that the person has otherwise become incapable of performing the person's duties as a general partner under the partnership agreement;
(8) In the case of a person that is a trust or is acting as a general partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, the trust's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership is distributed;
(9) In the case of a person that is an estate or is acting as a general partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, the estate's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership is distributed;
(10) A general partner that is not an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, or estate terminates;
(11) The limited partnership's participation in a merger under subchapter X of this chapter, if the limited partnership is:
(A) Not the surviving entity; or
(B) The surviving entity but, as a result of the merger, the person ceases to be a general partner; or
(12) The limited partnership's participation in a transaction under the Chapter 2 of this title if the limited partnership shall:
(A) Not survive the transaction; or
(B) Survive the transaction, but as a result of the transaction, the person ceases to be a general partner.
(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 18-378, see notes under § 29-101.01.
Uniform Law
This section is based on § 603 of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001 Act). See Vol. 6A , Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition or ULA Database on Westlaw.
(a) A person may dissociate as a general partner at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will pursuant to § 29-706.03(1).
(b) A person's dissociation as a general partner shall be wrongful only if:
(1) It is in breach of an express provision of the partnership agreement; or
(2) It occurs before the termination of the limited partnership and the person:
(A) Withdraws as a general partner by express will;
(B) Expelled as a general partner by judicial determination under § 29- 706.03(5);
(C) Is dissociated as a general partner by becoming a debtor in bankruptcy; or
(D) In the case of a person that is not an individual, trust (other than a business trust), or estate, is expelled or otherwise dissociated as a general partner because it willfully dissolved or terminated.
(c) A person that wrongfully dissociates as a general partner shall be liable to the limited partnership and, subject to § 29-709.01, to the other partners for damages caused by the dissociation. The liability shall be in addition to any other obligation of the general partner to the limited partnership or to the other partners.
(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 18-378, see notes under § 29-101.01.
Uniform Law
This section is based on § 604 of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001 Act). See Vol. 6A , Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition or ULA Database on Westlaw.
(a) Upon a person's dissociation as a general partner:
(1) The person's right to participate as a general partner in the management and conduct of the partnership's activities shall terminate;
(2) The person's duty of loyalty as a general partner under § 29- 704.08(b)(3) shall terminate;
(3) The person's duty of loyalty as a general partner under § 29- 704.08(b)(1) and (2) and duty of care under § 29-704.08(c) continue only with regard to matters arising and events occurring before the person's dissociation as a general partner;
(4) The person may sign and deliver to the Mayor for filing a statement of dissociation pertaining to the person and, at the request of the limited partnership, shall sign an amendment to the certificate of limited partnership which states that the person has dissociated; and
(5) Subject to § 29-707.04, subchapter X of this chapter, and Chapter 2 of this title, any transferable interest owned by the person immediately before dissociation in the person's capacity as a general partner shall be owned by the person as a mere transferee.
(b) A person's dissociation as a general partner shall not of itself discharge the person from any obligation to the limited partnership or the other partners which the person incurred while a general partner.
(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 18-378, see notes under § 29-101.01.
Uniform Law
This section is based on § 605 of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001 Act). See Vol. 6A , Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition or ULA Database on Westlaw.
(a) After a person is dissociated as a general partner and before the limited partnership is dissolved, merged under subchapter X of this chapter or Chapter 2 of this title, or otherwise ceases to exist in the form of a limited partnership as a result of a transaction under Chapter 2 of this title, the limited partnership shall be bound by an act of the person only if:
(1) The act would have bound the limited partnership under § 29-704.02 before the dissociation; and
(2) At the time the other party enters into the transaction:
(A) Less than 2 years has passed since the dissociation; and
(B) The other party does not have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a general partner.
(b) If a limited partnership is bound under subsection (a) of this section, the person dissociated as a general partner which caused the limited partnership to be bound shall be liable:
(1) To the limited partnership for any damage caused to the limited partnership arising from the obligation incurred under subsection (a) of this section; and
(2) If a general partner or another person dissociated as a general partner is liable for the obligation, to the general partner or other person for any damage caused to the general partner or other person arising from the liability.
(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 18-378, see notes under § 29-101.01.
Uniform Law
This section is based on § 606 of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001 Act). See Vol. 6A , Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition or ULA Database on Westlaw.
(a) A person's dissociation as a general partner shall not of itself discharge the person's liability as a general partner for an obligation of the limited partnership incurred before dissociation. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the person shall not be liable for a limited partnership's obligation incurred after dissociation.
(b) A person whose dissociation as a general partner resulted in a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership's activities shall not be liable to the same extent as a general partner under § 29-704.04 on an obligation incurred by the limited partnership under § 29-708.04.
(c) A person that has dissociated as a general partner but whose dissociation did not result in a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership's activities shall not be liable on a transaction entered into by the limited partnership after the dissociation only if:
(1) A general partner would be liable on the transaction; and
(2) At the time the other party enters into the transaction:
(A) Less than 2 years has passed since the dissociation; and
(B) The other party does not have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a general partner.
(d) By agreement with a creditor of a limited partnership and the limited partnership, a person dissociated as a general partner may be released from liability for an obligation of the limited partnership.
(e) A person dissociated as a general partner shall be released from liability for an obligation of the limited partnership if the limited partnership's creditor, with notice of the person's dissociation as a general partner but without the person's consent, agrees to a material alteration in the nature or time of payment of the obligation.
(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 18-378, see notes under § 29-101.01.
Uniform Law
This section is based on § 607 of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (2001 Act). See Vol. 6A , Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition or ULA Database on Westlaw.
