Terms Used In Florida Statutes 620.1401

  • 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 individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
A person becomes a general partner:

(1) As provided in the partnership agreement;
(2) Under s. 620.1801(1)(c) following the dissociation of a limited partnership’s last general partner;
(3) As the result of a conversion or merger involving the limited partnership under this act as provided for in the plan of conversion or merger; or
(4) With the consent of all the partners.