{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.501","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 2.501","heading":"DUTY TO SUPPORT.","body":"(a) Each spouse has the duty to support the other spouse.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 2. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBCHAPTER F. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SPOUSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.2.htm#2.501","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"67607635cb30327cca14fd651fc868173078a52c2a81405746df35bb8764af2f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.406","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}