Art. 420. Los alimentos congruos o necesarios no se deben sino en la parte en que los medios de subsistencia del alimentario no le alcancen para subsistir de un modo correspondiente a su posición social o para sustentar la vida.
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Article 420
Ley 84 de 1873 · Código Civil de los Estados Unidos de Colombia
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