N.Y. Partnership Law Section 121-402
Events of withdrawal of a general partner


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 § 121-602 (Withdrawal of a general partner)section 121-602 of this article;

(b)

the general partner ceases to be a general partner as provided in § 121-702 (Assignment of partnership interest)section 121-702 of this article;

(c)

the general partner is removed as a general partner as may be provided in the partnership agreement;

(d)

unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement or approved by all partners, the general partner (i) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) is the subject of an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, (iii) files a petition or answer seeking for himself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation, (iv) files an answer or other pleading, admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against him in any proceeding of this nature, or

(v)

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 partnership agreement or approved by all partners, (i) if within one hundred twenty 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 stayed, or within ninety days after the expiration of any such stay, the proceeding has not been dismissed, or

(ii)

if within ninety 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 ninety days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated;

(f)

in the case of a general partner who is a natural person, (i) his death or (ii) the entry of a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him incompetent to manage his person or his property;

(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 a new trustee);

(h)

in the case of a general partner that is a partnership, unless the partnership agreement of such partnership provides for the right of any one or more of the partners of such partnership to continue the business of such partnership and such partnership is so continued, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of such 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;

(j)

in the case of a general partner that is an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the limited partnership; or

(k)

in the case of a general partner that is a limited liability company, unless the operating agreement of such limited liability company provides for the right of any member of such limited liability company to continue the limited liability company and such limited liability company is so continued, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of such limited liability company.

Source: Section 121-402 — Events of withdrawal of a general partner, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PTR/121-402 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

121–101
Definitions
121–102
Partnership name
121–103
Reservation of partnership name
121–104
Statutory designation of secretary of state as agent for service of process
121–104–A
Resignation for receipt of process
121–105
Registered agent
121–106
Records
121–107
Nature of business
121–108
Business transactions of partner with the partnership
121–109
Service of process on limited partnerships
121–109–A
Electronic service of process
121–110
The partnership agreement
121–201
Certificate of limited partnership
121–202
Amendment of the certificate of limited partnership
121–202–A
Certificate of change
121–203
Cancellation of certificate
121–204
Execution of certificates
121–205
Execution, amendment or cancellation by judicial act
121–206
Filing with the department of state
121–207
Liability for false statement in certificate
121–208
Restated certificate of limited partnership
121–301
Admission of limited partners
121–302
Classes and voting by limited partners
121–303
Liability to third parties
121–304
Person erroneously believing himself a limited partner
121–401
Admission of additional general partners
121–402
Events of withdrawal of a general partner
121–403
General powers and liabilities
121–404
Contributions by a general partner
121–405
Classes and voting by general partners
121–501
Form of contribution
121–502
Liability for contributions
121–503
Sharing of profits and losses
121–504
Sharing of distributions
121–601
Interim distributions
121–602
Withdrawal of a general partner
121–603
Withdrawal of a limited partner
121–604
Right to distribution upon withdrawal
121–605
Distribution in kind
121–606
Right to distribution
121–607
Limitations on distribution
121–701
Nature of partnership interest
121–702
Assignment of partnership interest
121–703
Rights of creditor
121–704
Right of assignee to become limited partner
121–705
Liability upon assignment
121–706
Power of estate of deceased or incompetent partner
121–801
Nonjudicial dissolution
121–802
Judicial dissolution
121–803
Winding up
121–804
Distribution of assets
121–901
Law governing
121–902
Application for authority, contents
121–903
Certificate of amendment
121–903–A
Certificate of change
121–904
Application for authority
121–905
Surrender of certificate of authority
121–906
Termination of existence
121–907
Doing business without certificate of authority
121–908
Violations
121–1001
Parties to actions
121–1002
Limited partners’ derivative action
121–1003
Security for expenses
121–1004
Indemnification of general partner
121–1101
Merger and consolidation of limited partnerships
121–1102
Procedure for merger or consolidation
121–1103
Certificate of merger or consolidation
121–1104
Effect of merger or consolidation
121–1105
Payment for interest of dissenting limited partners
121–1106
Mergers and consolidations involving other business entities
121–1201
Existing limited partnership
121–1202
Adoption by previously formed limited partnerships
121–1300
Fees

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 121-402’s source at nysenate​.gov

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