Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-901. Direct action by partner
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a partner may maintain a direct action against another partner or the limited partnership, with or without an accounting as to the partnership’s activities and affairs, to enforce the partner’s rights and otherwise protect the partner’s interests, including rights and interests under the partnership agreement or this chapter or arising independently of the partnership relationship.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-901
- Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
- 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.
- Partnership agreement: means the agreement, whether or not referred to as a partnership agreement and whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination thereof, of all the partners of a limited partnership concerning the matters described in Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
(b) A partner maintaining a direct action under this section must plead and prove an actual or threatened injury that is not solely the result of an injury suffered or threatened to be suffered by the limited partnership.
(c) A right to an accounting on a dissolution and winding up does not revive a claim barred by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 121, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 122, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.