(a) A person‘s dissociation as a general partner does not of itself discharge the person’s liability as a general partner for a debt, obligation, or liability of the limited partnership incurred before dissociation. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), the person is not liable for a limited partnership’s debts, obligations, or liabilities incurred after dissociation.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-9A-6.07
GENERAL PARTNER: means :(A) with respect to a limited partnership, a person that: (i) is admitted as a general partner under Section 10A-9A-4. See Alabama Code 10A-9A-1.02
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
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.
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 a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
PERSON DISSOCIATED AS A GENERAL PARTNER: means a person dissociated as a general partner of a limited partnership. See Alabama Code 10A-9A-1.02
(b) A person whose dissociation as a general partner resulted in a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities and affairs is liable to the same extent as a general partner under Section 10A-9A-4.04 on an obligation incurred by the limited partnership under Section 10A-9A-8.04.(c) A person that has dissociated as a general partner but whose dissociation did not result in a dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities and affairs is liable on a transaction entered into by the limited partnership after the dissociation only if:
(1) a general partner would be liable on the transaction; and(2) at the time the other party enters into the transaction the other party does not have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a general partner.(d) By agreement with a creditor of a limited partnership and the limited partnership, a person dissociated as a general partner may be released from liability for an obligation of the limited partnership.(e) A person dissociated as a general partner is released from liability for a debt, obligation, or liability of the limited partnership if the limited partnership’s creditor, with notice of the person’s dissociation as a general partner but without the person’s consent, agrees to a material alteration in the nature or time of payment of the debt, obligation, or liability.
