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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Except as approved by the specific written consent of all partners at the time, a person ceases to be a general partner of a limited partnership on the happening of any of the following events:
(1) The general partner withdraws from the limited partnership as provided in § 7-13-32;
(2) The general partner ceases to be a member of the limited partnership as provided in § 7-13-40;
(3) The general partner is removed as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement;
(4) Unless otherwise provided in writing in the partnership agreement, the general partner:
(i) Makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(ii) Files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy;
(iii) Is adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent;
(iv) Files a petition or answer seeking for himself or herself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation;
(v) Files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegation of a petition filed against him or her in any proceeding of this nature; or
(vi) Seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the general partner or of all or any substantial part of his or her properties;
(5) Unless otherwise provided in writing in the partnership agreement, one hundred and twenty (120) days after the commencement of any proceeding against the general partner seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation, the proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within ninety (90) days after the appointment without his or her consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the general partner or of all or any substantial part of his or her properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed or within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any stay, the appointment is not vacated;
(6) In the case of a general partner who is a natural person:
(i) His or her death; or
(ii) The entry of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him or her incompetent to manage his or her person or his or her estate;
(7) In the case of a general partner who is acting as a general partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, the termination of the trust (but not merely the substitution of a new trustee);
(8) In the case of a general partner that is a separate partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the separate partnership;
(9) In the case of a general partner that is a corporation, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; or
(10) In the case of an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate's entire interest in the partnership.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Rhode Island General Laws Title 7. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships § 7-13-23. Events of withdrawal - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-7-corporations-associations-and-partnerships/ri-gen-laws-sect-7-13-23/
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