{"product_id":"vragen-34546-goede-avond-ik-zit-met-het-volgende-een-jaar-of-8-geleden-ben-ik-vennoot-geworden-van-mijn-vader","title":"Legal Advice on Liability as a Partner","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Good evening,\n\n I am faced with the following problem;\n\n About 8 years ago I became a partner in my father's company.\n In 2013 I left (and started my own business, a sole proprietorship) and then I discovered that there was a negative balance on the current account of €125,000 (!!)\n \nDue to my father's negligence, I was never informed of the financial situation and signed the company at the Chamber of Commerce in good faith (after all, he is my father).\n If I had known this, I would of course never have signed.\n\n Now that my father has been transferred to a BV, the bank wants the money to be redeemed as soon as possible and does not want to transfer the account to the BV (which is understandable, as they could otherwise lose the money?)\n\n\n I now have a problem because I am also responsible for the chaos my father caused.\n Can this be contested given that I was never aware of the financial situation of the business?\n This has now been sent to collection and I am awaiting what exactly will happen.\n\n I hope someone can help me find a solution to this annoying situation.\n\n Yours sincerely.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nIf I understand correctly, you were a partner in a general partnership together with your father. In that case, you are jointly and severally liable for the entire debt of the general partnership. The bank can therefore come knocking on your door. The fact that your father has made a financial mess of things is very annoying, but not enough to ensure that the bank can call on you to pay. After payment, you will have a claim on your father, but that will not be of much use to you.\n\n If your father and\/or you do not pay the debt, there is a good chance that proceedings will be started against you and that your assets will be seized.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55016500822365,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-34546-goede-avond-ik-zit-met-het-volgende-een-jaar-of-8-geleden-ben-ik-vennoot-geworden-van-mijn-vader","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}