This article has been repealed and is no longer law.

Repealed by EO 209 (1987) — the subject is now governed by the Family Code. The former text is shown below for reference only.

Civil Code · Book I: Persons · Title VI: Property Relations between Husband and Wife

Article 201

Chapter 6: System of Absolute Community

Repealed
By EO 209 (1987)

Former text, as of October 24, 2026

The following shall be excluded from the community:

(1) Property acquired by gratuitous title by either spouse, when it is provided by the donor or testator that it shall not become a part of the community;

(2) Property inherited by either husband or wife through the death of a child by a former marriage, there being brothers or sisters of the full blood of the deceased child;

(3) A portion of the property of either spouse equivalent to the presumptive legitime of the children by a former marriage;

(4) Personal belongings of either spouse.

However, all the fruits and income of the foregoing classes of property shall be included in the community.

Consolidated by Alleba from the text of Republic Act No. 386 (Lawphil and the Supreme Court E-Library). Book I provisions on marriage, family relations and parental authority were repealed by the Family Code (Executive Order No. 209, 1987) and are shown for reference only. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.