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Practice question: Rights and Obligations Between Husband and Wife

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Spouses have no community property and no income or fruits from their separate assets. They argue that family support automatically becomes unenforceable although each owns separate property. Which is correct under Article 70?
  1. Support vanishes whenever community property is absent
  2. Only the creditor must support them
  3. Only public funds may be used
  4. The article permits satisfaction from separate properties in the prescribed circumstances
  5. The children must first buy new assets

Legal references

  • Family Code, EO209, relevant Articles 4, 6, 20, 26, 37, 38, 48 and 68-73, as amended: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html

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