Section 61-3-603 - Dissociation as general partnerA person is dissociated as a general partner when:
(1) The limited partnership knows or has notice of the person's express will to withdraw as a general partner, but, if the person has specified a withdrawal date later than the date the partnership knew or had notice, on that later date;(2) An event stated in the partnership agreement as causing the person's dissociation as a general partner occurs;(3) The person is expelled as a general partner pursuant to the partnership agreement;(4) The person is expelled as a general partner by the affirmative vote or consent of all the other partners if: (A) It is unlawful to carry on the limited partnership's activities and affairs with the person as a general partner;(B) There has been a transfer of all the person's transferable interest in the partnership, other than:(i) A transfer for security purposes; or(ii) A charging order in effect under § 61-3-703;(C) The person is an entity and: (i) The partnership notifies the person that the person will be expelled as a general partner because the person has filed a statement of dissolution or the equivalent, the person has been administratively dissolved, the person's charter or the equivalent has been revoked, or the person's right to conduct business has been suspended by the person's jurisdiction of formation; and(ii) Not later than ninety (90) days after the notification, the statement of dissolution or the equivalent has not been withdrawn, rescinded, or revoked, the person has not been reinstated, or the person's charter or the equivalent or right to conduct business has not been reinstated; or(D) The person is an unincorporated entity that has been dissolved and whose activities and affairs are being wound up;(5) On application by the limited partnership or a partner in a direct action under § 61-3-901, the person is expelled as a general partner by judicial order because the person:(A) Has engaged or is engaging in wrongful conduct that has affected adversely and materially, or will affect adversely and materially, the limited partnership's activities and affairs;(B) Has committed willfully or persistently, or is committing willfully or persistently, a material breach of the partnership agreement or a duty or obligation under § 61-3-409; or(C) Has engaged or is engaging in conduct relating to the limited partnership's activities and affairs which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities and affairs of the limited partnership with the person as a general partner;(6) In the case of an individual: (B) A guardian or general conservator for the individual is appointed; or(C) A court orders that the individual has otherwise become incapable of performing the individual's duties as a general partner under this chapter or the partnership agreement;(7) The person: (A) Becomes a debtor in bankruptcy;(B) Executes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or(C) Seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the person or of all or substantially all of the person's property;(8) In the case of a person that is a testamentary or inter vivos trust or is acting as a general partner by virtue of being a trustee of the trust, the trust's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership is distributed;(9) In the case of a person that is an estate or is acting as a general partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, the estate's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership is distributed;(10) In the case of a person that is not an individual, the existence of the person terminates;(11) The limited partnership participates in a merger under part 11 of this chapter; and (A) The partnership is not the surviving entity; or(B) Otherwise as a result of the merger, the person ceases to be a general partner;(12) The limited partnership participates in a conversion under part 11 of this chapter; or(13) The limited partnership dissolves and completes winding up.Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 440,s 1, eff. 1/1/2018.