Wisconsin Statutes 179.0802 – Winding up
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 179.0802
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- 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.
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) A dissolved limited partnership shall wind up its activities and affairs and, except as otherwise provided in s. 179.0803, the partnership continues after dissolution only for the purpose of winding up.
(2)
(a) In winding up its activities and affairs, a limited partnership shall discharge the partnership’s debts, obligations, and other liabilities, settle and close the partnership’s activities and affairs, and marshal and distribute the assets of the partnership.
(b) In winding up its activities and affairs, a limited partnership may do any of the following:
1. Amend its certificate of limited partnership to state that the partnership is dissolved.
2. Preserve the partnership’s activities and affairs and property as a going concern for a reasonable time.
3. Prosecute and defend actions and proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or administrative.
4. Transfer the partnership’s property.
5. Settle disputes by mediation or arbitration.
6. Deliver to the department for filing a statement of termination stating the name of the partnership and that the partnership is terminated.
7. Perform other acts necessary or appropriate to the winding up.
(3) If a dissolved limited partnership does not have a general partner, a person to wind up the dissolved partnership’s activities and affairs may be appointed by the affirmative vote or consent of limited partners owning a majority of the rights to receive distributions as limited partners at the time the vote or consent is to be effective. All of the following apply to a person appointed under this subsection:
(a) The person has the powers of a general partner under s. 179.0804 but is not liable for the debts, obligations, and other liabilities of the partnership solely by reason of having or exercising those powers or otherwise acting to wind up the dissolved partnership’s activities and affairs.
(b) The person shall deliver promptly to the department for filing an amendment to the partnership’s certificate of limited partnership stating all of the following:
1. That the partnership does not have a general partner.
2. The name and street and mailing addresses of the person.
3. That the person has been appointed pursuant to this subsection to wind up the partnership.
(4) On the application of a partner, the circuit court may order judicial supervision of the winding up of a dissolved limited partnership, including the appointment of a person to wind up the partnership’s activities and affairs, if any of the following applies:
(a) The partnership does not have a general partner and within a reasonable time following the dissolution no person has been appointed pursuant to sub. (3).
(b) The applicant establishes other good cause.