Title IV — Property Relations Between Husband and Wife
Article 111
ELI5— what this means for you
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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