When the debtor binds themselves to pay when his means permit him to do so, the obligation is:

When the debtor binds themselves to pay when his means permit him to do so, the obligation is:

• A. An obligation with a resolutory condition
• B. A pure obligation
• C. An obligation with a suspensive condition
• D. An obligation with a suspensive period

Answer: (D)

Performance is postponed to a future moment defined by the debtor’s financial ability. This is a suspensive period: the obligation exists from the start, but payment becomes due only when the debtor has means to pay. It differs from a suspensive condition, where the obligation itself does not arise until a future event occurs; here the debtor has bound himself now and the time of performance is simply postponed until funds are available. It also differs from a pure, unconditional obligation, which is due immediately, and from a resolutory condition, where the obligation would end upon a future event.

Performance is postponed to a future moment defined by the debtor’s financial ability. This is a suspensive period: the obligation exists from the start, but payment becomes due only when the debtor has means to pay. It differs from a suspensive condition, where the obligation itself does not arise until a future event occurs; here the debtor has bound himself now and the time of performance is simply postponed until funds are available. It also differs from a pure, unconditional obligation, which is due immediately, and from a resolutory condition, where the obligation would end upon a future event.