Florida Statute 620.8806 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 620
PARTNERSHIP LAWS

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620.8806 Partner’s liability to other partners after dissolution.—

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and s. 620.8306, after dissolution, a partner is liable to the other partners for the partner’s share of any partnership liability incurred under s. 620.8804.

(2) A partner who, with knowledge of the dissolution, incurs a partnership liability under s. 620.8804(2) by an act that is not appropriate for winding up the partnership business is liable to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from the liability.

History.—s. 13, ch. 95-242; s. 17, ch. 99-285.

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Doe v. Faerber Ex Rel. Est. of Faerber, 446 F. Supp. 2d 1311 (M.D. Fla. 2006).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57082, 2006 WL 2346427

...Consequently, the Law Firms argue, the Court should dismiss the claims on these grounds. The Court disagrees. Plaintiff seeks money damages, not equitable relief. Under Florida law, partners remain jointly and severally liable for partnership liability, notwithstanding dissolution and division of property. See FLA. STAT. § 620.8806; see also In re David, 54 F.2d 140, 141 (D.C.Fla.1931)....

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horizon/cms Healthcare v. S. Oaks, 732 So. 2d 1156 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 218410

...In other words a "wrongful dissolution" referred to in the pre-RUPA case law is now, under RUPA, known as "wrongful dissociation." Simply stated, under section 620.8602, only when a partner dissociates and the dissociation is wrongful can the remaining partners sue for damages. [7] When a partnership is dissolved, RUPA at section 620.8806 provides the parameters of liability of the partners upon dissolution: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), after dissolution, a partner is liable to the other partners for the partner's share of any partnership liability incurred under § 620.8804....

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