§ 16406 Continued Partnership Presumptions

• •If a partnership for a set time or project continues after the end date, the partners' rights and duties stay the same.
• •This works as long as the partnership can be treated as a "partnership at will" (i.e., it can keep going without a fixed end).
• •If the partners who usually run the business keep it going without settling up, the law presumes they agreed to keep the partnership alive.

Three friends start a food truck for a one‑year event. After the year ends, they keep running the food truck but never sign a new partnership agreement.

Because they kept the business going, the law says they still have the same partnership rights and duties as before, and it assumes they all agreed to keep the partnership going even though they didn’t write anything down.