1776.55 Dissociated partner's power to bind and liability to partnership.
1776.55 Dissociated partner's power to bind and liability to partnership.
(A) For two years after a partner dissociates without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, the partnership, including a surviving partnership under section 1776.68 of the Revised Code, is bound by any act of the dissociated partner that would have bound the partnership under section 1776.31 of the Revised Code before dissociation only if, at the time of entering into the transaction all of the following were true:
(1) The other party reasonably believed that the dissociated partner was then a partner.
(2) The other party did not have notice of the partner’s dissociation.
(3) The other party is not deemed to have had knowledge under division (E) of section 1776.33 of the Revised Code or notice under division (C) of section 1776.57 of the Revised Code.
(B) A dissociated partner is liable to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from an obligation incurred by the dissociated partner after dissociation for which the partnership is liable under division (A) of this section.
Effective Date: 2008 HB332 08-06-2008