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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-516

Doctrine of necessaries — Abolished

Acts 2011, No. 1183, § 1.

(1) Absent express authority, neither a husband nor a wife is liable for the other's debt obligations, including those for necessaries.

(2) As used in this section, “necessaries” means all such things required for the sustenance of a person, including food, clothing, medicine, and habitation.

(3) The doctrine of necessaries, as it is known in the common law, is hereby abolished.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.