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C.R.S. § 7-64-801

Events causing dissolution and winding up of partnership business

Known as the Colorado Uniform Partnership Act

The act spans §§ 7–7 (59 sections).

(1) A partnership is dissolved, and its business shall be wound up, only upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) In a partnership at will, the partnership’s having notice from a partner, other than a partner who is dissociated under section 7-64-601 (1)(b) to (1)(j), of that partner’s express will to withdraw as a partner; except that, if the partnership has notice that the partner’s will is to withdraw at a later date, then the dissolution shall occur at the later date stated by the partner; (b) In a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking: (I) Within ninety days after a partner’s wrongful dissociation under section 7-64-602 (2) or a partner’s dissociation by death or otherwise under section 7-64-601 (1)(f) to (1)(j), the express will of at least half of the remaining partners to wind up the partnership business, for which purpose a partner’s rightful dissociation, pursuant to section 7-64-602 (2)(b)(I), constitutes the expression of that partner’s will; (II) The express will of all of the partners to wind up the partnership business; or (III) The expiration of the term or the completion of the undertaking; (c) An event agreed to in the partnership agreement resulting in the winding up of the partnership business; (d) An event that makes it unlawful for all or substantially all of the business of the partnership to be continued, but a cure of illegality within ninety days after the partnership has notice of the event is effective retroactively to the date of the event for purposes of this section; (e) On application by a partner, a judicial determination that: (I) The economic purpose of the partnership is likely to be unreasonably frustrated; (II) Another partner has engaged in conduct relating to the partnership business which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with that partner; (III) It is not otherwise reasonably practicable to carry on the partnership business in conformity with the partnership agreement; or (IV) The partnership is not reasonably likely to pay liabilities against which it indemnifies the dissociated partner; (f) On application by a transferee of a partner’s transferable interest, a judicial determination that it is equitable to wind up the partnership business: (I) After the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, if the partnership was for a definite term or particular undertaking at the time of the transfer or entry of the charging order that gave rise to the transfer; or (II) At any time, if the partnership was a partnership at will at the time of the transfer or entry of the charging order that gave rise to the transfer.

Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.