The community is entitled to a reward, after deduction, where applicable, of the profit it has derived, when it has paid fines incurred by a spouse as a result of criminal offences, or reparation and costs to which he or she had been sentenced for civil torts or quasi-torts.
It is similarly entitled to a reward if the debt it has discharged had been contracted by one of the spouses in disregard of the duties imposed on him or her by the marriage.