Title IV — Property Relations Between Husband and Wife
Article 92
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
The following shall be excluded from the community property:
(1) Property acquired during the marriage by gratuitous title by either spouse, and the fruits as well as the income thereof, if any, unless it is expressly provided by the donor, testator or grantor that they shall form part of the community property;
(2) Property for personal and exclusive use of either spouse. However, jewelry shall form part of the community property;
(3) Property acquired before the marriage by either spouse who has legitimate descendants by a former marriage, and the fruits as well as the income, if any, of such property. (201a)
Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)
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