Illinois Code § 805 ILCS 215/603

Dissociation as general partner.
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A person is dissociated from a limited partnership as a general partner upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
 
 
(1) the limited partnership's having notice of the 
 
person's express will to withdraw as a general partner or on a later date specified by the person;
 
 
(2) an event agreed to in the partnership agreement 
 
as causing the person's dissociation as a general partner;
 
 
(3) the person's expulsion as a general partner 
 
pursuant to the partnership agreement;
 
 
(4) the person's expulsion as a general partner by 
 
the unanimous consent of the other partners if:
 
 
 
(A) it is unlawful to carry on the limited 
 
 
partnership's activities with the person as a general partner;
 
 
 
(B) there has been a transfer of all or 
 
 
substantially all of the person's transferable interest in the limited partnership, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the person's interest, which has not been foreclosed;
 
 
 
(C) the person is a corporation and, within 90 
 
 
days after the limited partnership notifies the person that it will be expelled as a general partner because it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its incorporation, there is no revocation of the certificate of dissolution or no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
 
 
 
(D) the person is a limited liability company or 
 
 
partnership that has been dissolved and whose business is being wound up;
 
 
(5) on application by the limited partnership, the 
 
person's expulsion as a general partner by judicial determination because:
 
 
 
(A) the person engaged in wrongful conduct that 
 
 
adversely and materially affected the limited partnership activities;
 
 
 
(B) the person 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 408; or 
 
 
 
(C) the person engaged in conduct relating to the 
 
 
limited partnership's activities which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities of the limited partnership with the person as a general partner;
 
 
(6) the person's:
 
 
 
(A) becoming a debtor in bankruptcy;
 
 
 
(B) execution of an assignment for the benefit of 
 
 
creditors;
 
 
 
(C) seeking, consenting to, or acquiescing in the 
 
 
appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the person or of all or substantially all of the person's property; or
 
 
 
(D) failure, within 90 days after the 
 
 
appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the general partner or of all or substantially all of the person's property obtained without the person'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 person who is an individual:
 
 
 
(A) the person's death;
 
 
 
(B) the appointment of a guardian or general 
 
 
conservator for the person; or
 
 
 
(C) a judicial determination that the person has 
 
 
otherwise become incapable of performing the person's duties as a general partner under the partnership agreement;
 
 
(8) in the case of a person that is a trust or is 
 
acting as a general partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;
 
 
(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, distribution of the estate's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor personal representative;
 
 
(10) termination of a general partner that is not an 
 
individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, or estate; or
 
 
(11) the limited partnership's participation in a 
 
conversion or merger under Article 11, if the limited partnership:
 
 
 
(A) is not the converted or surviving entity; or
 
 
 
(B) is the converted or surviving entity but, as 
 
 
a result of the conversion or merger, the person ceases to be a general partner. 

person's express will to withdraw as a general partner or on a later date specified by the person;
as causing the person's dissociation as a general partner;
pursuant to the partnership agreement;
the unanimous consent of the other partners if:
partnership's activities with the person as a general partner;
substantially all of the person's transferable interest in the limited partnership, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the person's interest, which has not been foreclosed;
days after the limited partnership notifies the person that it will be expelled as a general partner 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
partnership that has been dissolved and whose business is being wound up;
person's expulsion as a general partner by judicial determination because:
adversely and materially affected the limited partnership activities;
committed a material breach of the partnership agreement or of a duty owed to the partnership or the other partners under Section 408; or
limited partnership's activities which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities of the limited partnership with the person as a general partner;
creditors;
appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the person or of all or substantially all of the person's property; or
appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the general partner or of all or substantially all of the person's property obtained without the person's consent or acquiescence, or failing within 90 days after the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated;
conservator for the person; or
otherwise become incapable of performing the person's duties as a general partner under the partnership agreement;
acting as a general partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;
acting as a general partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, distribution of the estate's entire transferable interest in the limited partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor personal representative;
individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, or estate; or
conversion or merger under Article 11, if the limited partnership:
a result of the conversion or merger, the person ceases to be a general partner.

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