Utah Code 48-1d-503. Sharing of and right to distributions before dissolution
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(1) Any distributions made by a partnership before its dissolution and winding up must be in equal shares among partners, except to the extent necessary to comply with a transfer effective under Section 48-1d-603 or charging order in effect under Section 48-1d-604.
Terms Used In Utah Code 48-1d-503
- Distribution: means a transfer of money or other property from a partnership to a person on account of a transferable interest or in a person's capacity as a partner. See Utah Code 48-1d-102
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Partner: means a person that:(11)(a) has become a partner in a partnership under Section 48-1d-401 or was a partner in a partnership when the partnership became subject to this chapter under Section 48-1d-1405; and(11)(b) has not dissociated as a partner under Section 48-1d-701. See Utah Code 48-1d-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: means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under this chapter or that becomes subject to this chapter under Part 10, Merger, Interest Exchange, Conversion, and Domestication, or Section 48-1d-1405. See Utah Code 48-1d-102
- Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 48-1d-102
- Transfer: includes :
(24)(a) an assignment;(24)(b) a conveyance;(24)(c) a sale;(24)(d) a lease;(24)(e) an encumbrance, including a mortgage or security interest;(24)(f) a gift; and(24)(g) a transfer by operation of law. See Utah Code 48-1d-102- Transferee: means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a partner. See Utah Code 48-1d-102
(2) A person has a right to a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of a partnership only if the partnership decides to make an interim distribution.(3) A person does not have a right to demand or receive a distribution from a partnership in any form other than money. Except as otherwise provided in Section 48-1d-906, a partnership may distribute an asset in kind only if each part of the asset is fungible with each other part and each person receives a percentage of the asset equal in value to the person’s share of distributions.(4) If a partner or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the partner or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the partnership with respect to the distribution. However, the partnership’s obligation to make a distribution is subject to offset for any amount owed to the partnership by the partner or a person dissociated as partner on whose account the distribution is made.