Text of the provision

Art. 2049. A married woman may guarantee an obligation without the husband's consent, but shall not thereby bind the conjugal partnership, except in cases provided by law.

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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.

What this article means

A married woman may guarantee without the husband's consent, but does not thereby bind the conjugal partnership, except as law provides. (Read with the Family Code's equal-capacity rules.)

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