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FAMILY HOME

Article 151. No suit between members of the

same family shall prosper unless it should

appear from the verified complaint or petition

that earnest efforts toward a compromise have

been made, but that the same have failed. If it

is shown that no such efforts were in fact made,

the same case must be dismissed.

This rules shall not apply to cases which may not

be the subject of compromise under the Civil

Code. (222a)

Article 152. The family home, constituted

jointly by the husband and the wife or by an

unmarried head of a family, is the dwelling

house where they and their family reside, and

the land on which it is situated. (223a)