Responsabilidad del esposo en el pago del alquiler según la ley de Georgia

Explicación Simple

Si una esposa firma un contrato de alquiler para la casa, el esposo no tiene que pagar ese alquiler. Es como si ella fuera la única responsable de esa cuenta, incluso si son pareja.

Es como cuando una persona compra una bicicleta con su propio dinero; aunque viva con alguien, esa persona es la única que tiene que hacerse cargo de los pagos.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana y Luis son un matrimonio. Ana decide alquilar un apartamento y firma un contrato donde se compromete a pagar el alquiler. Si Ana no paga, Luis no puede ser obligado a cubrir ese costo, ya que ella fue quien firmó el contrato.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Transactions Husband not liable for rent if wife specifically contracts to pay. - Husband is not liable for the rent simply because the rent constitutes a necessity of life for his family and because he is legally bound to support his family and provide them with the necessities of life if it appears under the allegations of the petition that the wife expressly contracted with the landlord to pay the rent for the dwelling abode of the family and that the wife entered into a written lease contract with the landlord to that effect. Butler v. Godley, 51 Ga. App. 784 , 181 S.E. 494 (1935). Married woman bound as purchaser when entering into unambiguous written contract. - When a married woman enters into an unambiguous written contract whereby she becomes the owner of personalty, and agrees to pay a stipulated price therefor, she is bound by her obligation as purchaser, if the seller committed no fraud upon her nor knew of any committed by the husband. Gibson v. GMAC, 46 Ga. App. 201 , 167 S.E. 203 (1932). When a married woman was sold an automobile under a written contract of purchase and sale, and there was no evidence whatever of any fraud practiced upon her by the vendor, and no evidence going to show that she was unable to read and comprehend the terms of the written agreement, and although the defendant may have purchased the automobile for the benefit of her husband, and may have immediately turned it over to him, she (the married woman) was bound by the unambiguous writte