Title 6

Spouses owe each other fidelity, help and support. They are obliged to provide each other with what is necessary.

Spouses are obliged towards each other to care for and bring up the minor children belonging to the family and to bear the costs of such care and…

Spouses shall provide each other, upon request, with information regarding the administration conducted by them as well as regarding the state of…

The costs of the household, including the costs of care and upbringing of the children, are borne by the joint income of the spouses and, insofar as…

One spouse is, alongside the other, liable for the whole for the obligations entered into by the latter for the benefit of the ordinary course of the…

The court may, when well-founded reasons exist to do so, upon the petition of a spouse, determine that this spouse shall not be liable for the…

If a spouse acquires an asset that shall belong to his own estate at the expense of the estate of the other spouse, or if a debt in respect of an…

A spouse requires the consent of the other spouse for the following legal acts:

A juridical act performed by a spouse in violation of the preceding article is voidable; only the other spouse may invoke this ground for avoidance.

A spouse is authorised to manage his own assets and, according to the rules of Article 97, to manage the assets of a community.

If a spouse, due to absence or any other cause, is in a state of impossibility to administer his or her own assets or the assets of the community, or…

If it is not apparent to a third party which of the spouses is authorised to manage a movable property that is not a registered property, or a right…

This Title shall not apply to spouses who are legally separated (van tafel en bed gescheiden).