172. A wife who is in community as to property, whether plaintiff or defendant in an action for separation from bed and board, or petitioner or respondent in a petition for divorce may, from the date of the commencement of the action, obtain permission from the Court or Judge, to cause the movable effects of the community to be attached for the preservation of the share which she will have a right to claim when the partition takes place; in consequence of which, her husband is bound as judicial guardian, to produce the things seized or their value when required. (Amended by Acts 34 of 1956 and 4 of 1988)