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Title IV — Property Relations Between Husband and Wife

Article 128

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

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After dissolution of CPG, liquidation follows: debts are paid first, then the exclusive property of each spouse is returned to each of them, and finally the net remainder of the conjugal property is divided equally.

Official text — EO 209

If a spouse without just cause abandons the other or fails to comply with his or her obligation to the family, the aggrieved spouse may petition the court for receivership, for judicial separation of property, or for authority to be the sole administrator of the conjugal partnership property, subject to such precautionary conditions as the court may impose.

The obligations to the family mentioned in the preceding paragraph refer to marital, parental or property relations.

A spouse is deemed to have abandoned the other when he or she has left the conjugal dwelling without intention of returning. The spouse who has left the conjugal dwelling for a period of three months or has failed within the same period to give any information as to his or her whereabouts shall be prima facie presumed to have no intention of returning to the conjugal dwelling. (167a, 191a)

Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)

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