Texas Family Code
§ 2.501 — DUTY TO SUPPORT
FA § 2.501Title 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP · Part A. MARRIAGE · Ch. 2. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP · Art. F. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SPOUSES
Statute text
View on source(a)Each spouse has the duty to support the other spouse.
(b)A spouse who fails to discharge the duty of support is liable to any person who provides necessaries to the spouse to whom support is owed.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.