Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 2.501 - Duty to Support(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.
Tex. Fam. Code § 2.501
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. 4/17/1997.