Alimony shall be granted only in proportion to the need of the person claiming it, and the wealth of the person owing it. The judge may, even of his own motion, and according to the circumstances of the case, attach to the alimony a variation clause permitted by the laws in force.
When either the provider or the recipient of food is returned to such a state, that one can no longer provide it, or the other no longer needs it in whole or in part, discharge or reduction may be requested.
If the person who must provide maintenance justifies that he cannot pay the maintenance, the family affairs judge may, with full knowledge of the facts, order that he receive in his home, feed and maintain the person to whom he owes maintenance.
The family affairs judge will also rule on whether the father or mother who offers to receive, feed and maintain in his or her home, the child to whom he or she owes maintenance, should in this case be exempted from paying maintenance.
The spouses owe each other mutual respect, fidelity, help, assistance.
The spouses together ensure the moral and material direction of the family. They provide for the education of the children and prepare for their future.
If the matrimonial agreements do not regulate the contribution of the spouses to the expenses of the marriage, they contribute in proportion to their respective faculties. If one of the spouses does not fulfil his or her obligations, he or she may be forced to do so by the other in the forms provided for in the Code of Civil Procedure.
The spouses mutually bind themselves to a community of life. The family’s residence is at the place they choose by mutual agreement. The spouses may not, one without the other, dispose of the rights by which the family’s dwelling is secured, nor of the furnishings with which it is furnished. Either spouse who has not consented to the deed may seek its annulment: the action for nullity is open to…
Each spouse has full legal capacity; but his or her rights and powers may be limited by the effect of the matrimonial property regime and the provisions of this Chapter.
A spouse may be authorised by a court to perform alone an act for which the assistance or consent of his or her spouse would be necessary, if the latter is unable to express his or her will or if his or her refusal is not justified by the interests of the family. An act performed under the conditions set by the court authorisation may be set up against the…
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