Page 96 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 119. Whenever an amount or credit

payable within a period of time belongs to one

of the spouses, the sums which may be

collected during the marriage in partial

payments or by installments on the principal

shall be the exclusive property of the spouse.

However, interests falling due during the

marriage on the principal shall belong to the

conjugal partnership. (156a, 157a)

Article 120. The ownership of improvements,

whether for utility or adornment, made on the

separate property of the spouses at the expense

of the partnership or through the acts or efforts

of either or both spouses shall pertain to the

conjugal partnership, or to the original owner-

spouse, subject to the following rules: