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Purpose
Any partnership, including limited partnership, may register as a limited liability partnership.
ADVANTAGES
- Some limited liability to partners
- Relatively easy to form
- Low start up cost
- Partners can provide additional capital
DISADVANTAGES
- Some liability for partnership debts and general liability for own acts
- Lack of continuity - terminates on death or withdrawal of partner
- Divides authority among partners