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KRS 362.1-807: Settlement of accounts and contributions among partners.

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    (1) In winding up a partnership's business, the assets of the partnership, including the

    contributions of the partners required by this section, shall be applied to discharge

    its obligations to creditors, including, to the extent permitted by law, partners who

    are creditors. Any surplus shall be applied to pay the net amount distributable to

    partners in accordance with their right to distributions under subsection (2) of this

    section.

    (2) Each partner is entitled to a settlement of all partnership accounts upon winding up

    the partnership business. In settling accounts among the partners, profits and losses

    that result from the liquidation of the partnership assets shall be credited and

    charged to the partners' accounts. The partnership shall make a distribution to a

    partner in an amount equal to any excess of the credits over the charges in the

    partner's account. A partner shall contribute to the partnership an amount equal to

    any excess of the charges over the credits in the partner's account but excluding

    from the calculation charges attributable to an obligation for which the partner is

    not personally liable under KRS 362.1-306.

    (3) If a partner fails to contribute the full amount required under subsection (2) of this

    section, then all of the other partners sha ll contribute, in the proportions in which

    those partners share partnership losses, the additional amount necessary to satisfy

    the partnership obligations for which they are personally liable under KRS 362.1 -

    306. A partner or partner's legal representative may recover from the other partners

    any contributions the partner makes to the extent the amount contributed exceeds

    that partner's share of the partnership obligations for which the partner is personally

    liable under KRS 362.1-306.

    (4) After the settleme nt of accounts, each partner shall contribute, in the proportion in

    which the partner shares partnership losses, the amount necessary to satisfy

    partnership obligations that were not known at the time of the settlement and for

    which the partner is personally liable under KRS 362.1-306.

    (5) The estate of a deceased partner is liable for the partner's obligation to contribute to

    the partnership.

    (6) An assignee for the benefit of creditors of a partnership or a partner, or a person

    appointed by a court to represent creditors of a partnership or a partner, may enforce

    a partner's obligation to contribute to the partnership.

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