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Article 204

RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines

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Debts contracted by either spouse without the consent of the other shall be chargeable against the community to the extent that the family may have been benefited thereby.

Official text — RA 386

Debts contracted by either spouse without the consent of the other shall be chargeable against the community to the extent that the family may have been benefited thereby.

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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