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Title IV — Property Relations Between Husband and Wife

Article 92

EO 209 · Family Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

These are excluded from ACP (they stay as personal property): (1) property acquired by gratuitous title (inheritance, gift) by either spouse during marriage — UNLESS the donor/testator expressly said otherwise; (2) property for personal and exclusive use of either spouse (personal jewelry is different); (3) property acquired before marriage by a spouse who has legitimate descendants from a prior marriage.

Key point

Inherited or donated property during marriage stays personal unless the giver says it should be shared.

Official text — EO 209

Full article text is being added. Read the official text at officialgazette.gov.ph.

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