Family Limited Partnership - FLP

  

See: Limited Partnership.

And think about it as including Uncle Joe, Sister Suzy, and Aunty Gin, along with mom and dad.

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machine. well a partnership is just the merging

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structure. if both are owners then both are liable for you know bad things

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