Title IV — Property Relations Between Husband and Wife
Article 133
ELI5— what this means for you
If a spouse dies and the conjugal partnership is dissolved, the surviving spouse continues to manage the conjugal properties until liquidation is completed. They must settle all debts and return the deceased spouse's share to the estate.
Official text — EO 209
From the common mass of property support shall be given to the surviving spouse and to the children during the liquidation of the inventoried property and until what belongs to them is delivered; but from this shall be deducted that amount received for support which exceeds the fruits or rents pertaining to them. (188a)
Chapter 5. Separation of Property of the Spouses and Administration of Common Property by One Spouse During the Marriage
Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)
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