Michigan Laws 449.1608 – Limited partner; liability following return of contribution
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(a) If a limited partner has received the return of any part of his or her contribution without violation of the partnership agreement or this act, he or she is liable to the limited partnership for a period of 1 year thereafter for the amount of the returned contribution, but only to the extent necessary to discharge the limited partnership’s liabilities to creditors who extended credit to the limited partnership during the period the contribution was held by the partnership.
(b) If a limited partner has received the return of any part of his or her contribution in violation of the partnership agreement or this act, he or she is liable to the limited partnership for a period of 6 years thereafter for the amount of the contribution wrongfully returned.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 449.1608
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate, and the certificate as amended or restated, referred to in section 201. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- Contribution: means any cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, which a partner contributes to a limited partnership in the capacity of a partner. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a limited partner. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- Partner: means a limited or general partner. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- 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 any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
(c) A limited partner receives a return of his or her contribution to the extent that a distribution to the limited partner reduces his or her share of the fair value of the net assets of the limited partnership below the value, as set forth in the certificate of limited partnership, of the limited partner’s contribution which has not been distributed to the limited partner.