Alaska § 34.77.070 - Obligations of spouses.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 34.77.070 — Obligations of spouses., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34.77.070. Obligations of spouses.
(a) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.] (b) After the determination date, a spouse's obligation to satisfy a duty of support owed to the other spouse or to a child of the marriage may be satisfied only from community property and the other property of the obligated spouse that is not community property.
(c) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.] (d) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.] (e) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.] (f) This chapter does not alter the relationship between spouses and their creditors with respect to property or an obligation in existence before the determination date.
(g) A writing that is signed by a creditor and that reduces a creditor's rights under this section is binding on the creditor.
(h) A provision of a community property agreement or a community property trust does not adversely affect the interest of a creditor unless the creditor has actual knowledge of the provision when the obligation to the creditor is incurred. The effect of this subsection may not be varied by a community property agreement or a community property trust.
(i) This chapter does not affect an exemption provided under other law for the property of spouses.
(j) An obligation incurred by only one spouse before or during marriage may be satisfied only from the property of that spouse that is not community property and from that spouse's interest in community property. This subsection does not apply to an obligation described in (b) of this section.
(k) An obligation incurred during marriage by both spouses may be satisfied from property of each spouse that is not community property and from the community property.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 34.77.070 ("Obligations of spouses.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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