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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)