New Jersey § 42:2a-31

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§ 42:2a-31.

Events of withdrawal of a general partner. 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 upon the happening

of any of the following events: a. The general partner withdraws from the limited partnership as provided in section

39 of P.L.1983, c. 489 ( C.42:2A-40 ); b. The general partner ceases to be a member of the limited partnership as provided

in section 46 of P.L.1983, c. 489 ( C.42:2A-47 ); c. The general partner is removed as a general partner in accordance with the partnership

agreement; d. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of limited partnership, the general

partner: (1) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (2) files a voluntary

petition in bankruptcy; (3) is adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent; (4) files a

petition or answer seeking for himself any reorganization, arrangement, composition,

readjustment, liquidation, dissolution , or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation; (5) files an answer or

other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition

filed against him in any proceeding set forth in (4) above; or (6) 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 properties; e. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of limited partnership, 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 90 days after the appointment without his consent or acquiescence

of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the general partner or of all or any substantial

part of his properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within 90 days

after the expiration of any stay, the appointment is not vacated; f. In the case of a general partner who is a natural person , the partner's death , or the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of a judgment adjudicating the partner incapacitated to manage the partner's person or estate; g. 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 new trustee); h. In the case of a general partner that is a separate partnership, the dissolution

and commencement of winding up of the separate partnership; i. 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 j. In the case of an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate's entire

interest in the partnership.

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