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2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 41 - General Provisions
4102 - Proceedings in case of debts contracted for necessaries.

     § 4102.  Proceedings in case of debts contracted for
                necessaries.
        In all cases where debts are contracted for necessaries by
     either spouse for the support and maintenance of the family, it
     shall be lawful for the creditor in this case to institute suit
     against the husband and wife for the price of such necessaries
     and, after obtaining a judgment, have an execution against the
     spouse contracting the debt alone; and, if no property of that
     spouse is found, execution may be levied upon and satisfied out
     of the separate property of the other spouse.

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