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David PONTON, individually, and Consolidated Sheet Metal, a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. James T. BRADLEY, individually, and Bradley Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
    No. 90-1573.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    May 7, 1991.
    Rehearing Denied June 4, 1991.
    Ronald B. Gilbert, Miami, for appellants.
    John R. Sutton, Miami, for appellees.
    Before FERGUSON, JORGENSON and GERSTEN, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Appellants in this dissolution of partnership action appeal from the trial court’s denial of a formal accounting after the court made an explicit finding that the parties had formed a partnership. Section 620.665(4), Florida Statutes (1989), provides that a “partner shall have the right to a formal account of partnership affairs at any ... reasonable time.” [Emphasis supplied]. The single question remaining is whether the court, in the exercise of its discretion, may deny a partner an accounting on grounds that the partnership was of a short duration and was financially uncomplicated. We conclude that it may not in light of the plain language of the statute. See also 8 Fla.Jur.2d Business Relationships § 588 (1978).

Reversed and remanded.