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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 620
PARTNERSHIP LAWS
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F.S. 620.8404
620.8404 General standards of partner’s conduct.
(1) The only fiduciary duties a partner owes to the partnership and the other partners are the duty of loyalty and the duty of care, as set forth in subsections (2) and (3).
(2) A partner’s duty of loyalty to the partnership and the other partners is limited to the following:
(a) To account to the partnership and hold as trustee for the partnership any property, profit, or benefit derived by the partner in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business or derived from a use by the partner of partnership property, including the appropriation of a partnership opportunity;
(b) To refrain from dealing with the partnership in the conduct or winding up of the partnership business as or on behalf of a party having an interest adverse to the partnership; and
(c) To refrain from competing with the partnership in the conduct of the partnership business before the dissolution of the partnership.
(3) A partner’s duty of care to the partnership and the other partners in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business is limited to refraining from engaging in grossly negligent or reckless conduct, intentional misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.
(4) A partner shall discharge the duties to the partnership and the other partners under this act or under the partnership agreement and exercise any rights consistently with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.
(5) A partner does not violate a duty or obligation under this act or under a partnership agreement merely because the partner’s conduct furthers the partner’s own interest.
(6) A partner may lend money to and transact other business with the partnership, and as to each loan or transaction, the rights and obligations of the partner are the same as those of a person who is not a partner, subject to other applicable law.
(7) This section applies to a person winding up the partnership business as the personal or legal representative of the last surviving partner as if the person were a partner.
History.s. 13, ch. 95-242; s. 21, ch. 2005-267.

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Cases Citing Statute 620.8404

Total Results: 4

Hallock v. Holiday Isle Resort & Marina

885 So. 2d 459, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 15901, 2004 WL 2389548

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 27, 2004 | Docket: 1685241

Cited 10 times | Published

68 So.2d 163, 171 (Fla.1953). According to section 620.8404(2), Florida Statutes (2000), a partner's duty

Salkin v. Chira (In Re Chira)

353 B.R. 693

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Nov 20, 2006 | Docket: 2518625

Cited 8 times | Published

fiduciary duties of loyalty and care. Fla. Stat. § 620.8404(1). A partner's duty of loyalty to the partnership

Lundstrom Realty Advisors, Inc. v. Schickedanz Bros.-Riviera Ltd.

856 So. 2d 1117, 2003 WL 22400487

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 22, 2003 | Docket: 43189

Cited 5 times | Published

from an alleged partnership relationship. See § 620.8404, Fla. Stat. (2002)(partner owes partnership fiduciary

Carolina Preservation Partners, Inc. v. Wolf Arbin Weinhold

414 B.R. 754, 2009 WL 811619

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2009 | Docket: 1413825

Cited 1 times | Published

(citing Revised Uniform Partnership Act, Fla. Stat. § 620.8404). Furthermore, "[a] creditor of a general partner