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Title IV — Property Relations Between Husband and Wife

Article 111

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

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Costs of litigation involving exclusive property are paid from that spouse's exclusive property — not from conjugal funds.

Official text — EO 209

A spouse of age may mortgage, encumber, alienate or otherwise dispose of his or her exclusive property, without the consent of the other spouse, and appear alone in court to litigate with regard to the same. (n)

Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)

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