(1) Where, for the proper management of the common matrimonial property, it is necessary for a legal transaction to be entered into or a legal dispute to be conducted, the family court, on the application of a spouse, may substitute the approval of the other spouse if the latter refuses it without adequate cause.
(2) The provision of subsection (1) also applies if the proper management of the personal affairs of a spouse requires a legal transaction that the spouse cannot enter into with effect for the common matrimonial property without the approval of the other spouse.