ABSOLUTE COMMUNITY

CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP OF GAINS

Shall commence at the precise moment that the marriage is celebrated

The provisions on co-ownership shall apply to the

absolute community of property between
the spouses in all matters not provided for
in this Chapter.

Governed by the rules on the contract of

partnership in all that is not in conflict with
what is expressly determined in this
Chapter or by the spouses in their
marriage settlements
INCLUSIONS COMMON TO THEM
1. all property acquired during the marriage
2. those acquired by chance winnings.
INCLUSIONS:
INCLUSIONS:
Shall consist of all the property owned by the
the husband and wife place in a common fund
spouses at the time of the celebration of the
the proceeds, products, fruits and income
marriage.
from their separate properties and
those acquired by either or both
spouses through their efforts or by
chance, and, upon dissolution of the
marriage or of the partnership, the net
gains or benefits obtained by either or
both spouses shall be divided equally
between them. All property acquired
during the marriage, whether the
acquisition appears to have been made,
contracted or registered in the name of
one or both spouses, is presumed to be
conjugal unless the contrary is proved.
(160a)

EXCLUSIONS:
(1) Property acquired during the marriage by
gratuitous title by either spouse, and the
fruits as well as the income thereof, if any,
unless it is expressly provided by the
donor, testator or grantor that they shall
form part of the community property;
(2) Property for personal and exclusive use of
either spouse. However, jewelry shall form
part of the community property;
(3) Property acquired before the marriage by
either spouse who has legitimate
descendants by a former marriage, and
the fruits as well as the income, if any, of
such property. (201a)

(1) Those acquired by onerous title during the

marriage at the expense of the common
fund, whether the acquisition be for the
partnership, or for only one of the spouses;
(2) Those obtained from the labor, industry,
work or profession of either or both of
the spouses;
(3) The fruits, natural, industrial, or civil, due
or received during the marriage from the
common property, as well as the net
fruits from the exclusive property of
each spouse;
4) hidden treasure
(5) through occupation such as fishing or
hunting;
(6) Livestock existing upon the dissolution of
the partnership in excess of the number
of each kind brought to the marriage by
either spouse; and
EXCLUSIONS:
(1) That which is brought to the marriage as his
or her own;
(2) That which each acquires during the
marriage by gratuitous title;
(3) That which is acquired by right of
redemption, by barter or by exchange
with property belonging to only one of
the spouses; and
(4) That which is purchased with exclusive
money of the wife or of the husband.
(148a)