[329] MOORE, _Code of D. C._ (1902), 201. [330] _Rev. Civil Code of La._ (1888), 69. [331] _Laws of Tex._ (1897), 49; _Code of N. C._ (1883), I, 516; _Stat. of Okla._ (1893), 877, 878; WILSON, _Stat. of Okla._ (1903), II, 1123: _Acts and Res. of Fla._ (1885), 24. [332] As by _Kentucky Stat._ (1894), 770, 771; _Digest of Ark._ (1894), 683; _Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter._ (1899), 327; _Code of Va._ (1887), 562, 563; _Code of W. Va._ (1891), 614; _ibid._ (1900), 663. _d_) _Alimony, property, and custody of children._--The statutes of these states contain the usual provisions for the protection and support of the wife and children during the suit for divorce; and sometimes the husband is required to furnish money to defray the wife's expenses in the same. The Virginia law authorizes the court in term or the judge in vacation to make an order compelling the "man to pay any sums necessary for the maintenance of the woman and to enable her to carry on the suit, or to prevent him from imposing any restraint on her personal liberty, or to provide for the custody and maintenance of the minor children" during the litigation. In the same way steps may be taken to preserve the estate of the husband, "so that it may be forthcoming to meet any decree," even compelling him to give security to abide by the decision.[333] North Carolina also grants the wife alimony _pendente lite_; but an order allowing it shall not be made "unless the husband shall have had five days' notice;" and in all cases of application for alimony it is admissible for him to be heard by affidavit in answer to the allegations made by the complainant. If he has abandoned his wife and left the state, or is in parts unknown, or is about to remove or dispose of his property for the purpose of defeating her claims, a notice is not required.[334] Arkansas and Indian Territory allow similar support during the suit, including attorney's fees.[335] By the Louisiana statute, "if the wife who sues for a separation" from bed and board, or for a divorce, "has left or declared her intention to leave the dwelling of her husband, the judge shall assign the house wherein she shall be obliged to dwell until the determination of the suit." She "shall be subject to prove her said residence as often as she may be required to do so, and in case she fails so to do, every proceeding on the separation shall be suspended." She is entitled to alimony _pendente lite_, if she constantly resides in the house assigned; and during the action, for the preservation of her rights, she may require an inventory and appraisement to be made of the property in the husband's possession and demand an injunction restraining him from disposing of any part thereof. After the commencement of the suit the husband may not contract a debt on account of the community, nor sell the immovables belonging to the same; such alienation being void, if made "with the fraudulent