D.C. Code § 29-705.07: Right to distribution.

If a partner or transferee becomes entitled to receive a distribution, the partner or transferee has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited partnership with respect to the distribution. However, the limited partnership’s obligation to make a distribution shall be subject to offset for any amount owed to the limited partnership by the partner or dissociated partner on whose account the distribution is made.