Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Cap. 16 Art. 1320Assets of community of acquests.
Sub-title III*
The community of acquests shall comprise -
(a) all that is acquired by each of the spouses by the exercise of his or her work or industry;
(b) the fruits of the property of each of the spouses including the fruits of property settled as dowry or subject to entail, whether any one of the spouses possessed the property since before the marriage, or whether the property has come to either of them under any succession, donation, or other title, provided such property shall not have been given or bequeathed on conditions that the fruits thereof shall not form part of the acquests;
(c) saving any other provision of this Code to the contrary, the fruits of such property of the children as is subject to the legal usufruct of any one of their parents;
(d) any property acquired with moneys or other things derived from the acquests, even though such property is so acquired in the name of only one of the spouses;
(e) any property acquired with moneys or other things which either of the spouses possesses since before the marriage, or which, after the celebration of the marriage, have come to him or her under any donation, succession, or other title, even though such property may have been so acquired in the name of such spouse, saving the right of such spouse to deduct the sum disbursed for the acquisition of such property;
(f) fortuitous winnings made by either or both spouses, and such part of a treasure trove found by either of the spouses, as is by law assigned to the finder, whether such spouse has found the treasure trove in his or her own tenement, or in the tenement of the other spouse, or of a third party: Provided that such part of the treasure trove as is granted to the owner of the tenement shall belong entirely to the party in whose tenement the treasure trove is found.
Amendment history
- Amended by XXIII.2017.75