This is the first complete guide containing everything a lawyer needs to know from the birth to the death of a limited partnership. It includes complete coverage and in-depth discussion of the Delaware limited partnership statutes from 1983 through 2000 plus 39 useful forms prepared by the authors. The test of every section of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as revised from 1983 through 2000, is set out in full, showing additions and deletions in each version of the act. The explanations of every statutory section cover all practical aspects of forming, operating, and dissolving a limited partnership. Thorough explanations of statutory provisions are integrated with detailed analysis of case law from Delaware. Plus, timely coverage is given to critical legal issues: The fiduciary duties of the partners
-- The broad democratic rights of limited partners
-- The merger and consolidation of a limited partnership with or into another limited partnership or other business entity.