Article 195
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The separation of property ceases: (1) Upon reconciliation of the spouses, in case of legal separation; (2) When the civil interdiction terminates; (3) When the absent spouse appears.
Official text — RA 386
The separation of property ceases:
(1) Upon reconciliation of the spouses, in case of legal separation;
(2) When the civil interdiction terminates;
(3) When the absent spouse appears;
(4) When the court, at the instance of the wife, authorizes the husband to resume the administration of the conjugal partnership, the court being satisfied that the husband will not again abuse his powers as an administrator;
(5) When the husband, who has abandoned the wife, rejoins her.
In the above cases, the property relations between the spouses shall be governed by the same rules as before the separation, without prejudice to the acts and contracts legally executed during the separation.
The spouses shall state, in a public document, all the property which they return to the marriage and which shall constitute the separate property of each.
This public document shall be recorded in the Registry of Property.
In the cases referred to in this article, all the property brought in shall be deemed to be newly contributed, even though all or some may be the same which existed before the liquidation effected by reason of the separation. (1439a)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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