New Jersey § 42:1a-31
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§ 42:1a-31.
A partner is dissociated from a partnership upon the occurrence of any of the following
events: a. The partnership's having notice of the partner's express will to withdraw as a
partner or on a later date specified by the partner; b. An event agreed to in the partnership agreement as causing the partner's dissociation; c. The partner's expulsion pursuant to the partnership agreement; d. The partner's expulsion by the unanimous vote of the other partners if: (1) it is unlawful to carry on the partnership business with that partner; (2) 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, or a court
order charging the partner's interest, which has not been foreclosed; (3) within 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charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the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 (4) a partnership that is a partner has been dissolved and its business is being wound
up; e. On application by the partnership or another partner, the partner's expulsion by
judicial determination because: (1) the partner engaged in wrongful conduct that adversely and materially affected
the partnership business; (2) 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 section
24 of this act; 1 or (3) 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; f. The partner's: (1) becoming a debtor in bankruptcy; (2) executing an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (3) 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 (4) failing, within 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 90 days after the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated; g. In the case of a partner who is an individual: (1) the partner's death; (2) the appointment of a guardian or general conservator for the partner; or (3) a judicial determination that the partner has otherwise become incapable of performing
the partner's duties under the partnership agreement; h. 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; i. 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 j. Termination of a partner who is not an individual, partnership, corporation, trust,
or estate. 1
N.J.S.A. § 42:1A-24.
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