Illinois Code § 805 ILCS 206/601

Events causing partner's dissociation.
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A partner is dissociated from a partnership upon the occurrence of any of
the following events:

 
 
(1) the partnership's having notice of the partner's 
 
express will to withdraw as a partner or on a later date specified by the partner;

 
 
(2) an event agreed to in the partnership agreement 
 
as causing the partner's dissociation;

 
 
(3) the partner's expulsion pursuant to the 
 
partnership agreement;

 
 
(4) the partner's expulsion by the unanimous vote of 
 
the other partners if:

 
 
 
(i) it is unlawful to carry on the partnership 
 
 
business with that partner;

 
 
 
(ii) there has been a transfer of all or 
 
 
substantially all of that partner's transferable interest in the partnership, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the partner's interest, which has not been foreclosed;

 
 
 
(iii) within 90 days after the partnership 
 
 
notifies a corporate partner that it will be expelled because it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its incorporation, there is no revocation of the certificate of dissolution or no reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct business; or

 
 
 
(iv) a partnership that is a partner has been 
 
 
dissolved and its business is being wound up;

 
 
(5) on application by the partnership or another 
 
partner, the partner's expulsion by judicial determination because:

 
 
 
(i) the partner engaged in wrongful conduct that 
 
 
adversely and materially affected the partnership business;

 
 
 
(ii) the partner willfully or persistently 
 
 
committed a material breach of the partnership agreement or of a duty owed to the partnership or the other partners under Section 404 of this Act; or

 
 
 
(iii) the partner engaged in conduct relating to 
 
 
the partnership business which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with the partner;

 
 
(6) the partner's:

 
 
 
(i) becoming a debtor in bankruptcy;

 
 
 
(ii) executing an assignment for the benefit of 
 
 
creditors;

 
 
 
(iii) seeking, consenting to, or acquiescing in 
 
 
the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of that partner or of all or substantially all of that partner's property; or

 
 
 
(iv) failing, within 90 days after the 
 
 
appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the partner or of all or substantially all of the partner's property obtained without the partner's consent or acquiescence, or failing within 90 days after the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated;

 
 
(7) in the case of a partner who is an individual:

 
 
 
(i) the partner's death;

 
 
 
(ii) the appointment of a guardian or general 
 
 
conservator for the partner; or

 
 
 
(iii) a judicial determination that the partner 
 
 
has otherwise become incapable of performing the partner's duties under the partnership agreement;

 
 
(8) in the case of a partner that is a trust or is 
 
acting as a partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust's entire transferable interest in the partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;

 
 
(9) in the case of a partner that is an estate or is 
 
acting as a partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, distribution of the estate's entire transferable interest in the partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor personal representative; or

 
 
(10) termination of a partner who is not an 
 
individual, partnership, corporation, trust, or estate.

express will to withdraw as a partner or on a later date specified by the partner;
as causing the partner's dissociation;
partnership agreement;
the other partners if:
business with that partner;
substantially all of that partner's transferable interest in the partnership, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the partner's interest, which has not been foreclosed;
notifies a corporate partner that it will be expelled because it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its incorporation, there is no revocation of the certificate of dissolution or no reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct business; or
dissolved and its business is being wound up;
partner, the partner's expulsion by judicial determination because:
adversely and materially affected the partnership business;
committed a material breach of the partnership agreement or of a duty owed to the partnership or the other partners under Section 404 of this Act; or
the partnership business which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with the partner;
creditors;
the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of that partner or of all or substantially all of that partner's property; or
appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the partner or of all or substantially all of the partner's property obtained without the partner's consent or acquiescence, or failing within 90 days after the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated;
conservator for the partner; or
has otherwise become incapable of performing the partner's duties under the partnership agreement;
acting as a partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust's entire transferable interest in the partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;
acting as a partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, distribution of the estate's entire transferable interest in the partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor personal representative; or
individual, partnership, corporation, trust, or estate.

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