§ 7-12-47. Effect of dissolution on partner’s existing liability. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
(a) The dissolution of the partnership does not of itself discharge the existing liability of any partner.
(b) A partner is discharged from any existing liability upon dissolution of the partnership by an agreement to that effect between himself or herself, the partnership creditor, and the person or partnership continuing the business. An agreement may be inferred from the course of dealing between the creditor having knowledge of the dissolution and the person or partnership continuing the business.
(c) Where a person agrees to assume the existing obligations of a dissolved partnership, the partners whose obligations have been assumed are discharged from any liability to any creditor of the partnership who, knowing of the agreement, consents to a material alteration in the nature or time of payment of the obligations.
(d) The individual property of a deceased partner is liable for those obligations of the partnership incurred while he or she was a partner and for which he or she is liable under § 7-12-26, but subject to the prior payment of his or her separate debts.
History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 36; P.L. 1996, ch. 270, § 1.
§ 7-12-47. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
History of Section.R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 36; P.L. 1996, ch. 270, § 1; repealed by P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 1, effective January 1, 2023; repealed by P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 1, effective January 1, 2023.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships
Section 7-12-1. - Provisions in partnership agreements deemed nontestamentary.
Section 7-12-2. - Death of partner — Statement delivered to administrator or executor.
Section 7-12-3. - Examination of books and property by representative of deceased partner.
Section 7-12-4. - Separate composition with creditors on dissolution of partnership.
Section 7-12-5. - Separate composition as full discharge of partner.
Section 7-12-6. - Payment by partner in excess of his or her proportion.
Section 7-12-7. - Insolvency or absconding of partner.
Section 7-12-8. - Memorandum exonerating partner on separate composition.
Section 7-12-9. - Partners not discharged by separate composition — Defenses to creditor’s action.
Section 7-12-10. - Application to joint debtors.
Section 7-12-11. - Limited partnership law unaffected.
Section 7-12-12. - Short title. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-13. - Definitions. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-14. - Interpretation of knowledge and notice. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-15. - Rules of construction. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-16. - Rules for cases not provided for. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-17. - Partnership defined. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-19. - Partnership property. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-22. - Partnership bound by admission of partner. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-26. - Nature of partner’s liability. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-27. - Partner by estoppel. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-28. - Liability of incoming partner. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-30. - Partnership books. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-31. - Duty of partners to render information. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-31.1. - Nature of business.
Section 7-12-32. - Partner accountable as a fiduciary. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-33. - Right to an account. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-35. - Extent of property rights of a partner. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-38. - Assignment of partner’s interest. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-40. - Dissolution defined. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-41. - Partnership not terminated by dissolution. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-42. - Causes of dissolution. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-43. - Dissolution by decree of court. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-48. - Right to wind up. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-51. - Rules for distribution. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-54. - Accrual of actions. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-55. - Other laws preserved. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-56. - Registered limited-liability partnerships. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-60. - Filing of returns with the tax administrator — Annual charge.