LD 1609
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have a joint or common right or interest in property from
which the returns are derived.

 
C.__A person who receives a share of the profits of a
business is presumed to be a partner in the business, unless
the profits were received in payment:

 
(1)__Of a debt by installments or otherwise;

 
(2)__For services as an independent contractor or of
wages or other compensation to an employee;

 
(3)__Of rent;

 
(4)__Of an annuity or other retirement or health
benefit to a beneficiary, representative or designee of
a deceased or retired partner;

 
(5) Of interest or other charge on a loan, even if the
amount of payment varies with the profits of the
business, including a direct or indirect present or
future ownership of the collateral, or rights to
income, proceeds or increase in value derived from the
collateral; or

 
(6)__For the sale of the goodwill of a business or
other property by installments or otherwise.

 
§1023.__Partnership property

 
Property acquired by a partnership is property of the
partnership and not of the partners individually.

 
§1024.__When property is partnership property

 
1.__Partnership property.__Property is partnership property if
acquired in the name of:

 
A.__The partnership; or

 
B.__One or more partners with an indication in the
instrument transferring title to the property of the
person's capacity as a partner or of the existence of a
partnership but without an indication of the name of the
partnership.

 
2.__Property acquired by partnership.__Property is acquired in
the name of the partnership by a transfer to:

 
A.__The partnership in its name; or


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