The spouses are reciprocally obliged to appropriately maintain the family through their work and with their assets. If the household management is left to one spouse, that spouse as a rule performs their duty of contributing to family maintenance through work by managing the household.
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Book 4 · Family law › Title 5 · Effects of marriage in general › Section 1360
Duty of family maintenance
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