Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-46

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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 his capacity as a partner. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • 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. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • Partner: means a limited or general partner. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • 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 New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
Liability upon return of contribution. a. If a limited partner has received the return of any part of his contribution without violation of the partnership agreement or this chapter, he is liable to the limited partnership for a period of one 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 contribution in violation of the partnership agreement or this chapter, he is liable to the limited partnership for a period of six years thereafter for the amount of the contribution wrongfully returned.

c. If a general partner has received the return of any part of his contribution without violation of the partnership agreement or this chapter, he is liable, until the termination of the applicable statute of limitations, to the limited partnership 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.

d. If a general partner has received the return of any part of his contribution in violation of the partnership agreement or this chapter, he is liable, until the termination of the applicable statute of limitations, to the limited partnership for the amount of the contribution wrongfully returned.

e. A partner receives a return of his contribution to the extent that a distribution causes the partner’s share of the fair value of the net assets of the partnership to be less than the value, determined at the time of, but without giving effect to the distribution, of the balance of the partner’s aggregate contributions to the partnership which, as of that date, had not been returned to him, which determination shall be made on the basis of the partnership records required to be maintained pursuant to section 9 of P.L. 1983, c. 489 (C. 42:2A-9).

L. 1983, c. 489, s. 45; amended 1988,c.130,s.23.