Article Explanation: Article 91 of the Family Code

Article 91. Unless otherwise provided in this Chapter or in the marriage settlements, the community property shall consist of all the property owned by the spouses at the time of the celebration of the marriage or acquired thereafter.

Explanation:

The community property shall consist of:
  1. All the properties separately owned by each spouse at the time of the celebration of the marriage; and
  2. All property acquired by each or both spouse during the marriage.
The separate properties of each spouse existing at the time of marriage is automatically converted by operation of law into common property, without the necessity of any juridical act transmitting ownership of said separate properties.

The following properties are excluded from the community property:
  1. Those specifically excluded by agreement in the marriage settlements.
  2. Those excluded by law under Art. 92 of this Code.

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