Cap. 16 Art. 1331Reimbursement and restitution.

(1) Each of the spouses is bound to reimburse the community of acquests with any sum of money or the value of any thing which he or she may have appropriated from the acquests to satisfy debts which do not fall under the provisions of article 1327, unless he can show that the act was one which was advantageous to the community or was performed to satisfy the needs of the family.

(2) Each one of the spouses has a right to be reimbursed with any sum of money or the value of any thing which has been taken from his or her paraphernal property where such money or thing was spent or consumed in connection with a debt or an investment of the community of acquests.

(3) The spouse who is a creditor of the community of acquests may demand to be assigned property of the community up to the value of his or her credit. The reimbursement from the property of the community of acquests shall be made first by assigning money, then other movables and finally immovables.

(4) These reimbursements are to be made at the termination of the community of acquests: Provided that the court may allow that any such reimbursements take place at an earlier date when the interests of the family so require or permit.