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Partners Without Partners: The Legal Status Of Single Person Partnerships, Donald J. Weidner, Robert J. Hillman

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Is it possible to have a partnership consisting of one person, a partner without a partner? The question will arise when all but one of the members leaves a partnership. The Revised Uniform Partnership Act attempts to give greater stability to partnerships by narrowing the circumstances under which dissolutions occur, but it also fails to address the fundamental and important question of whether a partnership may be continued by a sole surviving partner.

In this Article, we explore the issues raised by a single person partnership. In particular, we address the central issue of whether the departure of the penultimate …