THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Art. 117. The following are conjugal partnership properties:

(1) Those acquired by onerous title during the marriage at the expense of the common fund, whether the
acquisition be for the partnership, or for only one of the spouses;

(2) Those obtained from the labor, industry, work or profession of either or both of the spouses;

(3) The fruits, natural, industrial, or civil, due or received during the marriage from the common property,
as well as the net fruits from the exclusive property of each spouse;

(4) The share of either spouse in the hidden treasure which the law awards to the finder or owner of the
property where the treasure is found;

(5) Those acquired through occupation such as fishing or hunting;

(6) Livestock existing upon the dissolution of the partnership in excess of the number of each kind brought
to the marriage by either spouse; and

(7) Those which are acquired by chance, such as winnings from gambling or betting. However, losses
therefrom shall be borne exclusively by the loser-spouse. (153a, 154a, 155, 159)

Art. 118. Property bought on installments paid partly from exclusive funds of either or both spouses and
partly from conjugal funds belongs to the buyer or buyers if full ownership was vested before the marriage
and to the conjugal partnership if such ownership was vested during the marriage. In either case, any
amount advanced by the partnership or by either or both spouses shall be reimbursed by the owner or
owners upon liquidation of the partnership. (n)

Art. 119. Whenever an amount or credit payable within a period of time belongs to one of the spouses,
the sums which may be collected during the marriage in partial payments or by installments on the
principal shall be the exclusive property of the spouse. However, interests falling due during the marriage
on the principal shall belong to the conjugal partnership. (156a, 157a)

Art. 120. The ownership of improvements, whether for utility or adornment, made on the separate
property of the spouses at the expense of the partnership or through the acts or efforts of either or both
spouses shall pertain to the conjugal partnership, or to the original owner-spouse, subject to the following
rules:

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