Montana Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations § 35-10-629. Settlement of accounts among partners

(1) In winding up a partnership's business, the assets of the partnership must be applied to discharge its obligations to creditors, including partners who are creditors. Any surplus must be applied to pay in cash the net amount distributable to partners in accordance with their right to distributions pursuant to subsection (2).

(2) Each partner is entitled to a settlement of all partnership accounts upon winding up the partnership business. In settling accounts among the partners, the profits and losses that result from the liquidation of the partnership assets must be credited and charged to the partners' accounts. The partnership shall make a distribution to a partner in an amount equal to that partner's positive account balance. A partner shall contribute to the partnership an amount equal to that partner's negative balance but only to the extent that the negative balance is attributable to debts, obligations, or liabilities for which the partner is personally liable under 35-10-307.

(3) To the extent not taken into account in settling the accounts among partners pursuant to subsection (2), each partner shall contribute, in the proportion in which the partner shares partnership losses and to the extent the partner is personally liable under 35-10-307, the amount necessary to satisfy partnership obligations. If a partner fails or is not obligated to contribute, the other partners shall contribute, in the proportions in which the partners share partnership losses, the additional amount necessary to satisfy the partnership obligations. A partner or a partner's legal representative may recover from the other partners any contributions the partner makes to the extent the amount contributed exceeds that partner's share of the partnership obligations but only to the extent the contributions are made because of obligations for which the other partners are personally liable under 35-10-307.

(4) The estate of a deceased partner is liable for the partner's obligation to contribute to the partnership under subsections (2) and (3).

(5) An assignee for the benefit of creditors of a partnership or a partner or a person appointed by a court to represent creditors of a partnership or a partner may enforce a partner's obligation to contribute to the partnership under subsections (2) and (3).