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Article 1409 of the French Civil Code

The community is composed passively:

-finally, of the maintenance owed by the spouses and the debts contracted by them for the upkeep of the household and the education of the children, in accordance with Article 220;

on a final basis or subject to recompense, as the case may be, for other debts arising during the community.

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Article 1409

La communauté se compose passivement :

-à titre définitif, des aliments dus par les époux et des dettes contractées par eux pour l’entretien du ménage et l’éducation des enfants, conformément à l’article 220 ;

-à titre définitif ou sauf récompense, selon les cas, des autres dettes nées pendant la communauté.

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