§ 4301 Spousal Support Obligation

Family Code·California

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This law says that if a married couple has no shared money or property, one spouse must use their own separate money to support the other while they live together.

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•If a married couple doesn't share money or property, one spouse must still support the other.
•The support must come from the spouse's own separate money or property.
•This only applies while the couple is living together.

Example

A husband and wife live together, but they keep their money separate and don't own anything together.

The husband must use his own money to help support his wife if she needs it, even if they don't share any money or property.

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§ 4301 Spousal Support Obligation

Subject to Section 914, a person shall support the person’s spouse while they are living together out of the separate property of the person when there is no community property or quasi-community property. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

Last verified: January 9, 2026

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support spouse separate property community property quasi-community property

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Family Code. Section 4301.

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