Delaware Code § 6-15-404

General standards of partner's conduct
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(a) The only fiduciary duties a partner owes to the partnership and the other partners are the duty of loyalty and the duty of care set
forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) A partner's duty of loyalty to the partnership and the other partners is limited to the following:
(1) To account to the partnership and hold as trustee for it any property, profit or benefit derived by the partner in the conduct or
winding up of the partnership business or affairs or derived from a use by the partner of partnership property, including the appropriation
of a partnership opportunity;
(2) To refrain from dealing with the partnership in the conduct or winding up of the partnership business or affairs as or on behalf
of a party having an interest adverse to the partnership; and
(3) To refrain from competing with the partnership in the conduct of the partnership business or affairs before the dissolution of
the partnership.
(c) A partner's duty of care to the partnership and the other partners in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business or affairs
is limited to refraining from engaging in grossly negligent or reckless conduct, intentional misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.
(d) A partner does not violate a duty or obligation under this chapter or under the partnership agreement solely because the partner's
conduct furthers the partner's own interest.
(e) A partner may lend money to, borrow money from, act as a surety, guarantor or endorser for, guarantee or assume 1 or more specific
obligations of, provide collateral for and transact other business with, the partnership and, subject to other applicable law, has the same
rights and obligations with respect thereto as a person who is not a partner.
(f) This section applies to a person winding up the partnership business or affairs as the personal or legal representative of the last
surviving partner as if the person were a partner.

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