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362.1-601 Events causing partner's dissociation.
A partner is dissociated from a partnership upon the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(1) When the partnership has notice of the partner's express will to withdraw as a
partner unless a later date is specified by the partner in the notice;
(2) An event agreed to in the partnership agreement as causing the partner's
dissociation;
(3) The partner's expulsion pursuant to the partnership agreement;
(4) The partner's expulsion by the unanimous vote of the other partners if:
(a) It is unlawful to carry on the partnership business with that partner;
(b) There has been a transfer of all or substantially all of that partner's
transferable interest in the partnership, other than a transfer for security
purposes that has not been foreclosed, or a court order charging the
partner's interest, which has not been foreclosed;
(c) Within ninety (90) days after the partnership notifies a corporate partner
that it will be expelled 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equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business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) A partnership that is a partner has been dissolved and its business is
being wound up;
(5) On application by the partnership or another partner, the partner's expulsion by
judicial determination because:
(a) The partner engaged in wrongful conduct that adversely and materially
affected the partnership business;
(b) The partner willfully or persistently committed a material breach of the
partnership agreement or of a duty owed to the partnership or the other
partners under KRS 362.1-404; or
(c) The partner engaged in conduct relating to the partnership business
which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in
partnership with the partner;
(6) The partner's:
(a) Becoming a debtor in bankruptcy;
(b) Executing an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(c) Seeking, consenting to, or acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, or liquidator of that partner or of all or substantially all of that
partner's property; or
(d) Failing, within ninety (90) days after the appointment, to have vacated or
stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the partner
or of all or substantially all of the partner's property obtained without the
partner's consent or acquiescence, or failing within ninety (90) days after
the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated;
(7) In the case of a partner who is an individual:
(a)
(b)
(c)
The partner's death;
The appointment of a guardian or general conservator for the partner; or
A judicial determination that the partner has otherwise become incapable
of performing the partner's duties under the partnership agreement;
(8) In the case of a partner that is a trust or is acting as a partner by virtue of being
a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust's entire transferable interest in the
partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;
(9) In the case of a partner that is an estate or is acting as a partner by virtue of
being a personal representative of an estate, distribution of the estate's entire
transferable interest in the partnership, but not merely by reason of the
substitution of a successor personal representative; or
(10) Termination of any other partner who is an entity.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 46, effective July 12, 2006.
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