D.__An action or proceeding pending against a partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger may be continued as if the merger had not occurred, or the surviving entity may be substituted as a party to the action or proceeding.

2.__Agent for service of process.__The Secretary of State is the agent for service of process in an action or proceeding against a surviving foreign partnership or limited partnership to enforce an obligation of a partnership or limited partnership that is a party to a merger.__The surviving entity shall promptly notify the Secretary of State of the mailing address of its chief executive office and of any change of address.__Upon receipt of process, the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of the process to the surviving foreign partnership or limited partnership.

3.__Liability of partner.__A partner of the surviving partnership or limited partnership is liable for:

A.__All obligations of a party to the merger for which the partner was personally liable before the merger;

B.__All other obligations of the surviving entity incurred before the merger by a party to the merger, but those obligations may be satisfied only out of property of the entity; and

C.__Except as otherwise provided in section 1034, all obligations of the surviving entity incurred after the merger takes effect, but those obligations may be satisfied only out of property of the entity if the partner is a limited partner.

4.__Obligations incurred before merger.__If the obligations incurred before the merger by a party to the merger are not satisfied out of the property of the surviving partnership or limited partnership, the general partners of that party immediately before the effective date of the merger shall contribute the amount necessary to satisfy that party's obligations to the surviving entity, in the manner provided in section 1087 or in the limited partnership act of the jurisdiction in which the party was formed, as the case may be, as if the merged party were dissolved.

5.__Dissociated partner.__A partner of a party to a merger who does not become a partner of the surviving partnership or