Arkansas Code § 9-11-516

Doctrine of necessaries - Abolished
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(a) (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. (b) The doctrine of necessaries, as it is known in the common law, is hereby abolished. Acts 2011, No. 1183, § 1
(a) (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. (b) The doctrine of necessaries, as it is known in the common law, is hereby abolished. Acts 2011, No. 1183, § 1
(a) (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. (b) The doctrine of necessaries, as it is known in the common law, is hereby abolished. Acts 2011, No. 1183, § 1
(a) (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.
(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.
(b) The doctrine of necessaries, as it is known in the common law, is hereby abolished.
Acts 2011, No. 1183, § 1

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