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Terms Used In Louisiana Civil Code 2833

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

The creditors of a partnership shall be paid in the following order of priority: secured creditors in accordance with their security rights; unsecured creditors who are not partners; unsecured creditors who are partners.

If any assets remain after the payment of all secured and unsecured creditors, the capital contributions shall be restored to the partners.  Finally, any surplus shall be divided among the partners proportionally based on their respective interests in the partnership.

Acts 1980, No. 150, §1.