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QUESTION: "What if my name, and only my name is XXXXX XXXXX business documents?"

ANSWER: All of the factors you have mentioned strongly favor your position against a finding of a partnership and in favor of a sole proprietorship. In other words, if someone is claiming the existence of a partnership, they bear the burden of supporting such an argument. Based on everything you have described here, they would face a very much uphill battle in doing so.

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