ABSOLUTE COMMUNITY OF CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP OF
PROPERTY GAINS
All properties acquired before
INCLUDES and after the marriage to be
conjugal
Properties acquired through
Gratuitous Title, Personal
EXCLUDES Properties, and Properties
acquired from the former
Marriage
The credits and liabilities of said
LIABLE FOR Conjugal Properties
All losses are for the loser-spouse
GAME OF CHANCE while all winnings are part of the
conjugal fund/property
Jointly administered by both
ADMINISTRATION AND
spouses but its enjoyment is for
ENJOYMENT
the whole family
*IN CASE OF DISAGREEMENT The husband’s decision prevails
COMPLETE SEPARATION OF
PROPERTIES
Spouses shall place in a common
fund the proceeds, products,
fruits and income from their
separate properties and those
acquired by either or both
spouses through their efforts or
by chance
Properties brought to the
marriage as his or her own,
properties acquired during the
marriage by Gratuitous Title,
properties purchased with
exclusive money of the wife or of
the husband and properties
acquired by right of redemption
Support for the family, its
liabilities and obligations
All losses are for the loser-spouse
while all winnings are part of the
conjugal fund/property
The administration and
enjoyment of the conjugal
partnership shall belong to both
spouses jointly
The husband’s decision shall
UNIONS WITHOUT
MARRIAGE
Retains individual ownership of
Equal sharing and ownership on
each properties that they had
all properties acquired properties
brought into the marriage as well
that are brought upon living
as the properties the properties
together are to be considered
they had individually acquired
conjugal (Co-Ownership)
after judicial settlement
The properties and its proceeds
Belongs to party upon proof of
that are acquired during the
acquisition through exclusive funds
marriage for the use of the family
Solidary liabilities for family The credits and liabilities of said
expenses Conjugal Properties
All losses are for the loser-spouse All losses are for the loser-spouse
while all winnings are part of the while all winnings are part of the
conjugal fund/property conjugal fund/property
may be transferred by the court
to the other spouse if: When one
spouse becomes the guardian of
the other; When one spouse is
judicially declared an absentee;
When one spouse is sentenced to Depends on who the spouses
a penalty which carries with it appoint to administer but its
civil interdiction; or when one enjoyment is for the whole family
spouse becomes a fugitive from
justice or is in hiding as an
accused in a criminal case

but the wife may file a case in
court within five years from the
date of the contract
implementing the husband’s
decision
The capacitated spouse may
*IN CASE OF INCAPACITY assume sole powers of
administration
Either spouse may dispose by will
DISPOSITION of his or her interest in the
community property
Allowed to donate not more than
1/5 of his/her property ; neither
spouse may donate any conjugal
partnership property
without the consent of the other.
However, either spouse may,
DONATIONS TO EACH OTHER without the consent of the other,
make
moderate donations from the
conjugal partnership property for
charity or on occasions of family
rejoicing or family distress
Upon death of a spouse decree
of legal separation, annulled
TERMINATION or declared void, and in case
of judicial separation of
property during the marriage
the spouse who leaves the
conjugal home or refuses to
SEPARATION OF FACTS live therein, without just
cause, shall not have the
right to be supported
prevail, subject to recourse to the
court by the wife for proper
remedy, which must be availed
of within five years from the date
of the contract implementing
such decision
The capacitated spouse may
The court shall appoint a suitable
assume sole powers of
person to be the administrator
administration
Neither party can dispose of
his/her share  in the property
Administrator-spouse cannot Each spouse shall dispose his or
acquired during cohabitation and
dispose such properties without her own separate estate, without
owned in common, without the
written consent of the other need of the consent of the other
consent of the other, until after
spouse or authority of the court including its earnings
the termination of their
cohabitation
Allowed to donate not more than
1/5 of his/her property ; neither
spouse may donate any conjugal
partnership property
without the consent of the other.
However, either spouse may,
without the consent of the other,
make
moderate donations from the
conjugal partnership property for
charity or on occasions of family
rejoicing or family distress
Upon death of a spouse decree
of legal separation, annulled
or declared void, and in case
of judicial separation of
property during the marriage
the spouse who leaves the
conjugal home or refuses to
live therein, without just
cause, shall not have the
right to be supported

the aggrieved spouse may
ask the court to name
him/her as custodian and
caretaker of the community
ABANDONMENT
property, to separate the
properties, or for authority
to be the sole administrator
of the absolute community
Absolute community is dissolved
with the grant of judicial
DISSOLUTION
separation of the absolute
community
An inventory shall be prepared,
listing separately all the
properties of the absolute
LIQUIDATION
community and the exclusive
properties of each spouse to be
liquidated judicially
the aggrieved spouse may
petition the court for
receivership, for judicial
separation of property, or for
authority to be the sole
administrator of the conjugal
partnership property, subject to
such precautionary conditions as
the court may impose
Net gains or benefits obtained by
either or both spouses shall be
divided equally between them,
unless otherwise agreed in the
marriage settlements
An inventory shall be prepared,
listing separately all the
properties of the absolute
community and the exclusive
properties of each spouse to be
liquidated judicially