Practice question
A final legal-separation decree is set aside after reconciliation. The spouses claim this alone erases a separation of property and forfeiture already effected, without any proper agreement to revive the former regime. Which is best?
- Article 66 preserves the stated property separation and effected forfeiture unless the required revival arrangement applies.
- Reconciliation automatically erases all creditor and property consequences.
- A court record is never needed.
- The guilty spouse may personally confiscate the other's estate.
- Only an oral statement to a neighbor controls.
Legal references
- Family Code Articles36,65-67,79-80,86 and134-138: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html
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