Section 14-8-38. Application of partnership property to satisfy obligations upon rightful dissolution; rights of partners following wrongful dissolution

   (a) Unless otherwise agreed by the partners in the partnership agreement, at the time of the transaction, or at any other time, including, but not limited to, an agreement to continue the business of the partnership, when dissolution is caused in any way, other than wrongfully either in contravention of the partnership agreement or as a result of other wrongful conduct of a partner, any partner, or the legal representative of the estate of a deceased partner, as against his copartners and all persons claiming through them in respect of their interests in the partnership, may have the partnership property applied to discharge its liabilities and the surplus applied to pay in cash or its equivalent the net amount owing to the respective partners. The foregoing provision shall not apply if dissolution is caused by expulsion of a partner in accordance with the terms of a partnership agreement. Unless otherwise agreed by the partners, in the event of such expulsion the expelled partner shall receive the net amount due him from the partnership and the partners who continue the business shall obtain his discharge or appropriately hold him harmless from all present or future partnership liabilities.

(b) Unless otherwise agreed by the partners in the partnership agreement at the time of the transaction or at any other time, when dissolution is caused wrongfully either in contravention of the partnership agreement or as a result of other wrongful conduct of a partner, the rights of the partners shall be as follows:

   (1) Each partner who has not caused dissolution wrongfully shall have:

      (A) All the rights specified in subsection (a) of this Code section; and

      (B) The right, as against each partner who has caused the dissolution wrongfully, to damages for such wrongful dissolution and to any other right or remedy provided for in the partnership agreement;

   (2) The partners who have not caused the dissolution wrongfully may, if they all so agree at the time of the transaction or if the partnership agreement so provides, continue the business in the same name, either by themselves or jointly with others, and for that purpose may possess the partnership property. If the partners continue the business, they shall pay to any partner who has caused the dissolution wrongfully the value of his interest in the partnership at the dissolution less any damages or other amounts recoverable under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection and obtain his discharge or appropriately hold him harmless from all present or future partnership liabilities;

   (3) A partner who has caused the dissolution wrongfully shall have:

      (A) If the business is not continued under the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Code section, all the rights of a partner under subsection (a) of this Code section, subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection;

      (B) If the business is continued under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Code section the right, as against his copartners and all claiming through them in respect of their interests in the partnership, to have the value of his interest in the partnership, less any damages or other amounts recoverable under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, ascertained and paid to him and to have the partners who continue the business obtain his discharge or appropriately hold him harmless from all present or future partnership liabilities; but in ascertaining the value of the partner's interest the value of the good will of the business shall not be considered.

Code 1981, § 14-8-38, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1439, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1436, § 5; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1444, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 927, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 14.