Art. 56.- Maintenance support is only made in proportion to the need of the person who requests for it and the resources of the person who has the obligation to provide. When the provider or the one to be provided for is in such a condition that he/she can longer provide or the other is no longer in need, either in whole or in part, a discharge or reduction may be requested. Art.57.- The woman uses the name of the husband. Art. 58.- The husband is the head of the family. He performs this function in the common interest of the household and the children. The wife supports the husband to ensure the moral and physical direction of the family, to provide maintenance, raise the children and prepare their settling down. The wife replaces her husband in his role as head if he is in unable to exercise his will due to incapacitation, absence, distance or any other cause. Art. 59.- The obligation to assume the expenses of the matrimonial home rests primarily on the husband. He is obliged to provide the wife with her basic livelihood needs, according to his abilities and his condition. If he does not fulfill this obligation, he may be obliged to do so by a court of law. However, this obligation is suspended when the wife abandons the matrimonial home without just cause and refuses to return there. Art.60.- The choice of residence for the family rests on the husband; the wife is obligated to live with him and he is obligated to receive her. If the residence chosen by the husband for the family poses some physical or moral threats, the wife may, by exception, be allowed to have for herself and her children another residence granted by a judge. Art.61.- A fully married woman enjoys all the rights associated with marriage. The exercise of this right is only limited to by law. Art.62.- The spouse who wants to carry-out an action which requires the support or consent of the other spouse, may be authorized by a court to act without the support or consent of the latter, if he/she is in a state of inability to exercise his/he willingness, or if his/her refusal is not in the interest of the family. Art. 63. - If they are not physically separated, either of the spouses can give to the other power of attorney to represent him/her in the exercise of the rights provided for by marriage. Art. 64. – If one of them is in a state of inability to exercise his/her will, his/her partner can be granted the power by a court to represent him/her, either in a general sense or in specific circumstances, in the exercise of the rights evoked in the preceding article. The conditions and the scope of such representation are fixed by the judge. In the absence of legal authority, power of attorney or empowerment by court, the acts carried out by one of the spouses, on behalf of the other, with the authorization of the latter, however are considered if the representation was properly administered. Art. 65. – A married woman has the right to represent her husband for family needs, and to use for family purpose funds the husband leaves at her disposal. Acts accomplished by the wife are binding on the husband vis-à-vis third parties, unless the woman has been stripped of her right to perform the said acts, and that the third parties did not know about the stripping of such rights at the time they were dealing with her. Art. 66 new. (Law 83-800 of 2-8-1983) - Either spouse can open a personal bank account in his/her name without the consent of the other. 7