Tex. Fam. Code § 2.501 : FAMILY CODE — THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP — MARRIAGE — THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP — RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SPOUSES — 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.