CHAPTER 7 Personal implications of marriage Art. 44. - Marriage creates a legitimate family. Art. 45. - The spouses commit themselves to the community of life. They owe each other mutual respect, fidelity, help and assistance. Art. 46. - In the event that cohabitation presents a danger of a physical or moral nature for one of the spouses, the latter may ask to be authorized to reside separately for a period determined by order of the president of the court or a judge that he delegates for this purpose, deliberating as a pretrial chamber, within eight days of its seizure, following the summary procedure. This order is served by a bailiff commissioned by the judge seized. The order of the presiding judge of the court or of the judge delegated by him can be appealed within eight days. The timeframe between the date of service of the notice of appeal and the date set for the hearing is at least eight days, and a maximum of fifteen days. The Court of Appeal deliberates within fifteen days from its seizure. Art. 47. - Together, by virtue of marriage, the spouses commit to the obligation to feed, take care of and educate their children. Art. 48. - Children have an obligation to provide maintenance support to their father and mother or other ascendants who are in need. Likewise, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law also owe support to their father-in-law and mother-in-law. This obligation ceases when the spouses who produced the affinity and the children resulting from their union with the other spouse are deceased. The same applies when the spouses are divorced. The obligations resulting from these provisions are reciprocal. Art. 49. - 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 one who provides or the one who receives the maintenance support 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. 50. - The competent court is that of the place of residence of the person who has an obligation to provide maintenance support. Art. 51. - The family is managed jointly by the spouses in the interest of the household and the children. Together they ensure the moral and physical direction of the family, provide for the education of the children and prepare their settling down. Art. 52. - The spouses contribute to the household expenses in proportion to their respective abilities. Each of the spouses makes his/her contribution from the resources he/she administers or by his/her activity at home. If one of the spouses does not make his/her contribution from the resources he/she administers, the other spouse can obtain, by order of the president of the court of their place of residence, the 7