Page 64 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

PROPERTY RELATION

Article 74. The property relationship between

husband and wife shall be governed in the

following order:

(1) By marriage settlements executed before the

marriage;

(2) By the provisions of this Code; and

(3) By the local custom. (118)

Article 75. The future spouses may, in the

marriage settlements, agree upon the regime of

absolute community, conjugal partnership of

gains, complete separation of property, or any

other regime. In the absence of a marriage

settlement, or when the regime agreed upon is

void, the system of absolute community of

property as established in this Code shall

govern. (119a)