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Mar 28, 2007 property-law paraphernal-property conjugal-partnership civil-code family-code partition

Paraphernal Property vs Conjugal: When Improvements Don't Change Ownership

When does a wife's inherited land become conjugal property? The Supreme Court clarifies the rule on improvements in Heirs of Vicente Reyes.

May 3, 2006 conjugal property paraphernal property family code civil code property law marital assets

Conjugal vs Paraphernal Property: Protecting Marital Assets in the Philippines

Learn how Philippine courts distinguish conjugal from paraphernal property and why spouses cannot use conjugal assets to pay personal debts.

Apr 22, 2003 civil law family code paraphernal property interest rates contract of adhesion philippine jurisprudence

Illegitimacy, Inheritance Rights, and Marital Presumptions in Philippine Law

A Supreme Court ruling on paraphernal property, contract of adhesion, and unconscionable interest rates shows how Philippine law protects borrowers and spouses.