(a) When a merger takes effect,
- (1) the separate existence of every partnership that is a party to the merger, other than the surviving partnership, ceases;
- (2) all property owned by each of the merged partnerships vests in the surviving partnership;
- (3) all obligations of every partnership that is a party to the merger become the obligations of the surviving partnership; and
- (4) an action or proceeding pending against a partnership that is a party to the merger may be continued as if the merger had not occurred, or the surviving partnership may be substituted as a party to the action or proceeding.