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After a legal separation, the court also orders a liquidation of the absolute community properties or if
not, conjugal property of gains. If there is a minor children, the court also lend to provide for the
custody of the minor children including the …0:42 rights of the … order for the support of the .. spouse …
The provides that after legal separation, that the spouse shall be disqualified from inheriting from the
estate of the innocent spouse. 1:20….

1:30 – 2:20 – (vague recording)

The law also provides that if the innocent spouse had issued ….and the designation of the beneficiary
has irrevocable …. the innocent spouse may revoke without need of taking consent of the offender. ….

Kaya nga kapag nagkaroon ng legal separation at lumalabas na beneficiary yung deceased spouse,
pwede nang palitan yan without getting his/her consent. And all the presented insurer is a copy of the
decree of legal separation. And also the law provides that the innocent spouse if he/ she wants , ito
naman kung gusto lang, the innocent spouse wants to revoke so it must be in favor of the spouse. it can
be done provided that it will be done 5 years from the finality of decree of legal separation. Now let’s
talk about the …(03:39) each other, under the law the spouses are obliged to serve their beautiful wives
fidelity, also provide mutual support, also to live together. So question …..04:16 resident of the spouses?
The parties/spouses can lean on their residence. .… (4:37) Kaya kayong mag-asawa, hindi kayo
magkasundo kung saan kayo titira, si Judge na magsasabi dun kayo tumira. Alam nyo yung provision na
yan useless. The reason is the supreme court had already made a law that no court may confer any
spouses to live together. … (5:24) Why? …. to live anywhere …. freedom of abode. Any person has a
liberty of choosing his residence for abode and even ….(5:54) kaya no court can … any spouses live with
the other. …

Ngayon ang tanong, let’s talk about property relations. Marriage is not what bound personal relations.
Marriage is over both property and personal relations. Madalas kong naririnig. Mag-asawa ng mayaman
para mayroon magpakain sakin. Maraming ganun. Makapag-asawa nga ng mayaman para hindi na ako
magtrabaho. Para maging mayaman na agad ako. Question is, what governs property relations? No, 1
marriage settlement, provisions under family code. What’s next? local customs. Kasi ang rule number 1,
property relations to be govern by marriage settlement. Kung walang valid marriage settlement, family
code. Kailan papasok ang local customs? Kapag walang family code? Meroong family code. Pinag-aralan
nga natin eh. …..(8:58) ….. eh one on one kayo jan …..

09:44

Kaya ang tanong what is the so-called marriage settlement? Kapag sinabing marriage settlement it is an
agreement of future spouses. Future spouses kasi, yung mag-asawa, as a whole, hindi sila pwedeng one
time …(10:10) , kinakailangan yung marriage settlement gagawin ng future spouses before the marriage.
So marriage settlement is the agreement of future spouses as govern their public relations during their
marriage. Ang tanong ng court about marriage settlement….. because it’s sensitive writing ….

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Ngayon ang tanong kapag gagawa ng marriage settlement, anong gagawin mo sa marriage settlement
na yun? Itago mo muna. So actually, i-file muna sa local civil registrar kaya lang … saan naman i-ffile ng
inyong local civil registrat yung inyong marriage settlement? Eh wala pa naman record ng marriage. At
tsaka pagkagawa ng marriage settlement baka isipin pang baguhin or baka hindi pa matuloy yung kasal.
… kaya ang dapat gagawin ito ah, yung practical, kapag nakasala na kayo, yung inyong marriage
settlement, give a copy to the solemnizing officer, basta dun sa magkakasal, pari, judge or whatever ,
meron po kaming marriage settlement, ito po yung kopya. Ngayon nung pagkakuha, tatanggapin yun
and the solemnizing officer will attach it to the marriage contract and the marriage license …13:00 kaya
sama2x na sila. Kasi kung tapos na ang kasal, hindi na tatanggapin yan. For that to be valid, it must be
accepted before the marriage. Kaya ang tanong ngayon eh, ano ang pwedeng property arrangement ng
future spouse? Sabi ng law, anything , marriage settlement ….13:37 kung sakaling may pagbabago dapat
matuloy ang kasal. ….. Kaya ang tanong ano ba ang pwedeng maging arrangement ng new spouses
about their future properties. Diba meron silang .…14:12 name, ang sabi ng law, absolute community of
properties. ….14:30 and then complete separation of properties. Ngayon may back up ka. Yung
panghabol mo talaga yung address, ano kaya ang posibleng address na’yon, kasi kapag sinabi mong
absolute community of properties, as a rule, yung akin ay magiging atin. Yung sa’yo magiging atin ulit,
that’s absolute community of properties although …15:06 sya so kapag sinabi mo namang conjugal
partnership of gains, para kayong nag-uusap kayo, oh akin to akin. Kapag na-annul tayo, akin pa rin ito.
Yan yun sa’yo, pagkatapos ng kasal natin, sayo pa rin yan. Kaya kung ano magiging income nya, mga
bracket …15:29 natin, ….form part of conjugal partnership of gains. Ngayon, para madaling tandaan
yung …. ang yung akin ay akin, yung iyo ay iyo. Madaling tandaan no. Ngayon e di nandoon na yan.
Ngayon sabi ng law, attention. So pinag-iisipan ko kung ….16:07 ang akin ay akin, ang iyo ay akin pa rin.
pwede basta voluntary …. Tandaan nyo yung marriage settlement contract yan. …16:47

Going back to absolute community of properties. The law says, the absolute community properties,
properties already owned by name of the given spouses …17:08 community. Again, properties which
the future spouses already owned before the marriage, after the marriage shall form part of the
community. Anyway, kapag sinabi kong ACP, absolute community properties, kapag sinabi kong CPG,
conjugal partnership gains. What I just said is the general rule. kasi dahil nga ang property relationship
ninyo eh absolute community property, meron at meron pa rin kayong magiging exclusive properties. So
ano question is ano yung mga exclusive properties of the spouses though they marriage settlement is
one absolute community of properties. One is those acquired during the marriage. ….18:22 by the
previous title. Also a properties to the exclusive use of each of the spouses. If any of the spouses has a
child fighting previous marriage then those properties should remain exclusively his or hers. Oh balikan
natin. (19:02-19:36) Alright ito ahh, ikaw nag-iisa ka, only the potential care of your … family. Nag-iisa
kang anak …. Ngayon yung tatay mo kinausap ka, sabi anak nanggaling ako sa doctor kanina, ang sabi I
only have two weeks to live, drug relation. Kung sakaling gagaling ako, binago lang ….(20:30) Ngayon
kung ikaw ay may gf or bf, ano ang dapat mong gawin? Yung bf/gf mo … sabi ng tatay mo, anak
dalawang lingo na lang ang buhay ko, ano ang dapat mong gawin?Dapat huwag madaliin ang pagiging
sentimental , anak dalawang lingo na lang ang buhay ko, yayain mo na agad magpakasal yung bf/ gf mo.
….21:32 Kasi hihintayin mo pang mamatay ang tatay mo, tapos kayo ay magpapakasal, eh pag namatay
sya, sayo rin ang kayamanan, tapos magpapakasal kayo kaso walang marriage settlement, napaka-

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buenas naman ng napangasawa mo. Mayaman na rin sya agad kaya pag sinabihan kang malapit nang
mamatay, yayain mo na agad pakasal. … 22:16 kasi kapag nagpakasal na kayo at namatay tatay mo, kung
ano man ang mamanahin mo exclusively yours. 22:30 … mamatay din tatay ko, dapat asikasuhin ko
muna sya. Hindi pakasal ka muna, …. at least you have a marriage. ….23:00 pwedeng minana or pwede
ding donation. ….23:16 And also properties which are of exclusive use of any of the spouses. Sabi ng
wife mo, sweet heart nasaan ba yun aking …. 23:39? Akin lang yung …. exclusive use of properties. You
will …. its common properties. Kaya mapapansin nyo may mga lalaki nag-susuot ng T-back, bakit isang
tenga lang ang may hikaw? ….24:25 meron kaming party, pahiram naman ng kahit anong ornament sa
katawan, pwede bang gawing ornament yung hikaw kasi pwede namang pambabae or panlalaki, sabi
nung babae, hindi pwede kasi meron din akong event bukas. ... sige compromise tig-isa tayo. You have a
wrist watch, ngayon dahil ang wrist watch ay jewelry and it is also common for spouse. Dapat kung bibili
kayo ng relo, dapat kung ano ibibigay mo, compromise. …. Ano ang plural ng jewelry? Pieces of jewelry.
At hindi lang naman yung jewelry ang pieces. Equipment rin. Huwag mong sabihing equipments. How
about sa court, yung evidence, hindi evidences dapat pieces of evidences. Kaya yung mga plural, jewelry,
equipment, advice, evidence, you must consider it. Ngayon, who managed the common properties? The
law says during the marriage spouses. Management of all properties jointly by the spouses but …..28:52
the wife may contest ….29:00 May mga babae, nagrereklamo, sabi nila ano ba naman yung civil code
napaka-one sided, favoring only the husband, kaya ang ginawa …29:14 Kaya lang, decision of the women
and decision of the husband took place. Kaya lang pwede mag-contest ang babae ng ….29:45

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29:55

What about conjugal properties? Alright yung rules simple lang naman, properties which each of the
future spouses already owns before they marry shall be exclusively his or hers. Again properties which
each of the future spouses already owns before the marriage. After the marriage shall be exclusively his
or hers. Balikan natin yung absolute community. kasi yung ….30:53 yung pangatlo that or those which
each of the parties already owned where that party has a child or children by a previous marriage. Well
ganito ahh, alam nyo nung kabataan namin, madalas naming naririnig, gusto naming maging mayaman,
kaya lang matagal bago maging mayaman, kaya kailangan ko makapangasawa ng mayaman. …31:59
Fortunately may nagkagusto sa iyong matanda, sabi sayo mayaman yan,bago mo patulan yung
matandang mayaman, ang tanong …. wag ka susuko may pag-asa pa. …. yung tatlo pinakasalan nya …
iba2x yung tatay, iba2x yung nanay, so in short ….33:09 kasi kung ano na yung properties nyo noon
when you marry, you formed part of the ACP. Kaya lang … sa byudo sa byuda napangasawa may anak,
pwede mo pa rin pakasalan, kaya lang whatever property …. formed part of the ACP, it will exclusively
make his/hers. Pag-asa nyo na lang mana. Kaya lang ….33:54

…3415 kung babae ka ano ang tawag sa mga properties mo? Kung ikaw ay babae, meroon kang exclusive
properties, kaya lang anong tawag dun? Paraphernal property. Eh sa lalaki naman? Ang tawag pag lalaki
….34:45 Kaya ko binanggit pa ito kasi kasama yan sa family code diba? At ang masama, may mga
lawyers, that’s the paraphernal property of a man. Mali yun, kapag binanggit nya yung paraphernal
property, …35:28 So yung exclusive property of a woman, is referred as paraphernal property, and the
property of the husband is ..35:45 Oh ang tanong ano pa yung mga exclusive properties of spouses?
Those … Kung ikaw ay may namana, …. may nagregalo sayo ay sayo na din binigay, then that’s your
exclusive property. Also that it was acquired using exclusive matters. …37:18 in short may nakita ka dun
sa San Juan, … yung property na binili mo sa San Juan is exclusively yours. …. that the property was
acquired during marriage and there was no marriage settlement, and the marriage taking place during
the civil code, properties that are proceeded shall be presumed conjugal. Kaya lang when they acquired
when marriage is taking place with the following … the presumption is the property is common. Ngayon
ito ahh, yung property na nabili mo, yun yung exclusive part. Kaya lang may asawa ka na ngayon. Kaya
kung bumili ka ng property, ngayong may asawa ka na, lalabas na yung property nyo gagamitin nyo
exclusive, lalabas yung property ….39:01 Kaya ang tanong what should be done so that property
acquired during marriage would remain exclusive either the casual of the party. Ok ito ang ginagawa
ahh, nakasaad sa libro, kapag nakabili ka na ng property, using …. kaya pwede mong sabihin sa asawa
mo… ito ginamit kong pambili…. so si wife mo naman or si husband mo naman ….40:05 so that there
would be of records, that the property is exclusive of one of the spouses, the other spouse must execute
an affidavit that the funds used in acquiring that property belongs only to the other. … ififile yun
together with the documents to ask the ownership from the seller to buyer. Kaya kung husbang mo
yung bumili, at ililipat nya ngayon na yung titulo sa pangalan nya, para magkaroon ng records, the
property will take by the …. common, conjugal, dapat gumawa ng …..40:57 tapos yung …. na yun should
…. with the other documents. Hindi pwedeng to follow. …. kumpleto na, huwag mo munang isasalang
yung mga documents dun. Papirmahin mo muna yung asawa mo ng ganung klaseng affifavit. Kasi kung
gagawin mo yan, kapag naisama yung mga documents mo dun sa ….41:31hindi yan tatanggapin.

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Kinakailangan ifile nyo sa ibang …..41:50 kaya lang nakapangasawa ng foreigner, at hindi mo maitago
yung properties baka kasi magalit sya, magtampo …. hindi tatanggapin ng … yung transfer documents sa
iyo unless your former spouse … an affidavit that the use to acquire the property are exclusively yours.
Kaya bago ka magsalang ng anumang properties, dapat papirmahan mo muna ng affidavit yung asawa
mo. …. Ngayon ito ang dapat tandaan nyo sa conjugal patnership, yung properties acquired by exercising
right of redemption. Ok ganito, meron kang lupa, sinanla mo, eh you were not able to pay th obligation
for that … kaya yung creditor decided to …43:56 dinemanda ka, … walang problema kasi meron kang
right of redemption. When can you exercise your right of redemption? …. ngayon eto na, kinasal ka ….
ang problema ….44:52 ang problema wala akong pantubos, wala akong pan-redeem. Sabi ng wife mo,
edi redeem natin using conjugal fund. Ni-redeem nyo using conjugal fund … magiging conjugal property
kasi ginamit nyong pan-redeem yung conjugal fund. …. ayy tatayo ako sa lotto, nanalo ka naman,
tinubos mo, kanino yung property? Exclusive ba yun? Hindi, conjugal yun. Why? Kasi lumalabas na
common at conjugal , basta gambling …. kaya lang kapag losses sayo lang. Gambling is a part of conjugal
fund kaya lang ung gambling losses exclusively yours. May isa pang rule na dapat nyo tandaan, si lalaki
nasa isipan nya, bago ako mag-asawa, dapat meron na akong house and lot para sa amin ng aking asawa
and for our future children. Kaya lang wala pa syang pambayad, kaya lang gusto nya magkaroon, in short
yun man nag-iinquire in nearby subdivisions, nagtanong-tanong sya. Ngayon kinausap nya yung …. alam
nyo po hindi ko pa kayang bayaran ng 5 million pesos kasi ang totoo ang pera ko po 100k, sige2x walang
problema, kunin mo na yan, kung babayaran nyo yung downpayment ng 100k , and you decided to pay
during the marriage, ang tanong conjugal or exclusive? Either are qualified. If … to pay the
downpayment, or it should be transferred to the buyer, that property should be exclusive his or her. But
upon the solution of the CPG, he/ she need to reimburse the CPG for all that it has paid. Ganito yun.
Ako yung bumili at nilagay sa pangalan ko, …..of balance and yung purchase price …. 49:27 ang ginamit
na pambayad conjugal funds. Ngayon for whatever reason, …49:39,ibebenta ngayon yung house and lot
na yun, ngayon kung ano naman ang pinagbentahan, ibabawas yung bayad dun from conjugal funds,
mangyari yung sobra, kasi ang obligation is …. The law provides …. the conjugal funds shall be
reimbursed for all the …. Ngayon halimbawa, …. sir policy po naming para malipat ang titulo,
kinakailangan fully paid. Eh bumili ako ng property, binayaran ko 60% , tapos nag-asawa ako and we try
to divide and she’ll pay for the fund, kaya ang tanong sino ang may-ari? Conjugal partnership.
Halimbawa nabayaran ko 3 million pesos, …. yung property ibebenta, kahit na anong pinagbentahan
dun, yung dividend dapat irereimburse muna … and directly owned by the conjugal property. Tanong,
who managed the the CPG properties? Jointly by the spouses. Kaya mapapansin nyo, yung rules ng ACP
and CPG halos pareho. Lahat pareho, kaya ang pinakamadaling tandaan ng settlement, complete
separation of properties. … What is mine is mine, what is yours is yours. Edi sayo, edi akin. If any of the
spouses deliver …52:53 special power of attorney for him or her to manage his/ her exclusive properties.
Kaya kung ano ang … noon, edi kanya na. Ito na ang tanong. Kailan merong separation of properties?
…53:30 pinag-usapan ng mag-asawa, kanya kanya tayo ahh. Yung sa iyo iyo, yung sakin akin, walang
pakialaman. … tsaka Art. 130, nakalagay dun sa dalawang …. actually madali lang tandaan ahh. … kapag
ikaw pa lang eh may asawa, at namatay, dapat …54:23 liquidate ninyo yung inyong ACP o kaya CPG. Sa
totoo lang, kung may mga lupa ang mag-asawa hindi kailangan iliquidate. Why? kasi, hindi pa naman
…55:32 shall be in complete mandatory of separation of properties. Ano yung pang-apat, in case of legal
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mangyayari mag-asawa pa rin naman sila, kaya lang …. Next when any of the spouses file for a complete
separation of properties for any of the causes provided by the law. Kaya yung isa sa mga mag-asawa,
isa lang file for a complete separation, kaya lang magagawa lang yan if there is any ground provided in
the law. Kaya kung walang ground provided by the law hindi pwede. Actually konti lang yung ground,
but the ground is ….57:17 but the spouse abuses the power of …

Then you also have when one of the spouses have sentenced a final judgment who suffer
imprisonments of more than a year. ….57:52 basta yung complete separation upon the petition of any
spouses dinadala …. grounds provided by the law. Ngayon kung ang nagkataon ganito, yung mag-asawa
…. is concern ok naman sila kaso ang problema lagi silang nag-aaway, laging nag-tatalo when it comes to
money matters. …58:34 So ang tanong, may the spouses jointly file for complete separation of
properties? The answer is yes. The spouses may jointly file for a complete separation of properties. And
in doing that, no need to sign a draft of completion. Kasi ang magiging papel ng court ngayon jan, pag
joint, filing for complete separation ….59:12 is to protect from creditors. Kasi kaya ginagawa ang mga
complete separation na yan para meron kang … creditors, yan ang purpose nyan. The law provides that
spouses would resort to this only once. Each spouses can file for separation of properties together only
once. Nagkaroon ng complete separation ….1:00:12 ngayon the spouses realizes to make things up, ano
kaya balik na lang tayo sa dati para umayos na yung buhay natin. Sabi naman ni wife, they file with that
court manifestation that they decided to resume their previous ….. balik sila sa CPG and ACP. Ngayon
away na naman, then nagfile ulit, pwede pa rin pero not upon the … of the decision, pwede pa rin if one
of them will cause legal separation or one them files for complete legal separation or any of the grounds
provided by the law, ibibigay yun. Kaya lang ang hindi pinapayagan kapag upon joint petition nagkaroon
ng complete separation tapos nag-revert tapos gusto ulit magkaroon ng complete separation, hindi na
pwede.