Originally posted by disneysteve
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"396. The spouses contribute towards the expenses of the marriage in proportion to their respective means.
The spouses may make their respective contributions by their activities within the home."
There is a distinction to be made between how much you must contribute towards the charges of the marriage and who is responsible for what towards third parties.
Basically, insofar as legal obligations are concerned here, a spouse must contribute to the "expenses" of the marriage as per his or her capacity and a spouse is responsible for obligations enterred into by the other in as much as that obligation was contracted for the current needs of the family.
Beyond that there is no legal obligation. If a wealthy spouse wants to travel and have expensive hobbies, he doesn't have the obligation to pay for the other spouse's holiday travels or hobbies. He's not responsible for contracts the other may have signed that don't aren't for the benefit of the family.
That may be different than what you are used to or how you want to live, but I see absolutely nothing wrong with this legal framework.
Anybody can "share" beyond that if they so wish, but their legal obligations are limited to what's for the family's benefit. Personally, I have absolutely no problem with "family obligations" being communal and "private obligations" being private. Should a couple want to go beyond that, it's up to them....but the law here doesn't force you to pay for 5K$ in CC debt incurred by a spouse behind your back for private use.
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