Article 1405
Property which the spouses owned or possessed on the day of the celebration of the marriage, or which they acquire during the marriage by succession, gift or legacy, remains separate. The gift may sti…
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Property which the spouses owned or possessed on the day of the celebration of the marriage, or which they acquire during the marriage by succession, gift or legacy, remains separate. The gift may sti…
When one of the spouses takes over the management of the other's own property, with the other's knowledge, and nevertheless without opposition on his part, he is deemed to have received a tacit mandat…
The separation of property pronounced by the court has the effect of placing the spouses under the regime of articles 1536 et seq. The court, in pronouncing the separation, may order that a spouse pay…
He has no recourse against the creditor for this excess, unless the receipt expresses that he intends to pay only up to the limit of his obligation.
Reward is due to the community that has discharged a spouse's personal debt.
If one of the spouses has exceeded his or her powers over the community property, the other, unless he or she has ratified the act, may apply for its annulment. The action for annulment is open to the…
The creditors of a spouse may not apply on his or her behalf for separation as to property.
Withdrawals are made first from cash, then from movables, and secondarily from community property. The spouse making the deduction has the right to choose which movables and immovables he will deduct.…
…place own property, as well as property acquired in use or replacement, in accordance with articles 1434 and 1435.
After all deductions have been made from the estate, the surplus is divided equally between the spouses. If a community property is an annex to another property owned by one of the spouses, or if it i…
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