(1) If the spouses are living apart, either of them may require the other spouse to surrender to them the household objects belonging to them. However, they have a duty to make them available to the other spouse for the latter’s use to the extent that the latter needs them to maintain a separate household and insofar as, under the circumstances of the case, so making them available is equitable.
(2) Household objects belonging to the spouses jointly are allocated between them in accordance with the principles of equity.
(3) If the spouses cannot agree, the competent court decides. The court may determine a reasonable payment for the use of the household objects.
(4) The property relations remain unaffected unless the spouses agree otherwise.