Cap. 16 Art. 13Obligation in solidum. Obligation in subsidium. Power of court in urgent cases.

(1) The obligation of such persons as according to the order set forth in the last preceding article are placed in the same degree of liability, shall be a joint and several obligation.

(2) The persons, however, who according to such order, are placed in a remoter degree shall have only a subsidiary liability, if those in a nearer degree are unable to discharge their obligation.

(3) Nevertheless, it shall be lawful for the court, in urgent cases, to condemn any of the persons liable for maintenance, in whatever degree, to supply maintenance, reserving to such person the right to claim reimbursement from such other persons as, according to the said order, were bound to supply such maintenance.