# Alaska Stat. § 34.77.070: Obligations of spouses

> Alaska · Statutes · Reserved

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.070

## Section

- **Citation:** Alaska Stat. § 34.77.070
- **Heading:** Obligations of spouses
- **Jurisdiction:** Alaska
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** Reserved
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AK Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34.77 / Section 34.77.070

## Text

(a) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.]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(c) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.] (d) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.] (e) [Repealed, § 6 ch 80 SLA 2001.]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.

## Nearby sections

- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.010 Good faith requirement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.010.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.020 Variation by marital property agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.020.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.030 Classification of property of spouses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.030.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.040 Management and control of property of spouses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.040.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.050 Gifts of community property to third persons.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.050.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.060 Certain property transactions between spouses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.060.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.070 Obligations of spouses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.070.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.080 Protection of bona fide purchasers dealing with spouses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.080.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.090 Community property agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.090.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.100 Community property trust.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.100.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.110 Forms of holding property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.110.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.120 Classification of life insurance policies and proceeds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.120.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.130 Mixed property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.130.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 34.77.140 Interspousal remedies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T34_C34.77_S34.77.140.md)

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