Related for Ketubot 213:9
ת"ש מי שהלך למדינת הים ואשתו תובעת מזונות ואם בא ואמר צאי מעשה ידיך במזונותיך רשאי קדמו בית דין ופסקו מה שפסקו פסקו הכא נמי בששמעו בו שמת
Come and hear: If [a husband] went to a country beyond the sea, and his wife claimed maintenance, and he returned and said [to her], “Deduct your handiwork for your maintenance,” he is permitted to say this. If the court granted the allowance before [he returned] their decision is valid. Here also it is a case where a report that he had died was received.
Tosefta Ketubot
(Translated from Ehrfurt manuscript:) A man who went to the land beyond the sea and his wife came to claim her financial support, if he said [before he left]: "Spend her handiwork on her support"—he is permitted to do so. If the court set up her support, whatever they agreed is agreed.
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