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The Supreme Court held that divorcing spouses under community property regime must share property equally, usually by sale and sharing proceeds, and upheld the lower court judgment.
The Supreme Court held that a pre-divorce property-sharing agreement was void because it did not modify the spouses’ community property regime.
The Supreme Court held that the death of a spouse extinguished the deceased spouse’s pending claim, but the surviving spouse had to continue the case involving the property.
Property acquired after Havugimana CĂ©lestin's death by Candari Verena is presumed to derive from the community property and must be included in the estate for succession; only biological or legally adopted children inherit; notarial agreements excluding recognized heirs or including non-heirs are invalid; sales of disputed property during litigation are void.
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Only children of the deceased or those legally adopted may inherit; properties acquired during the marriage under community property regime are to be shared equally between the surviving spouse and the deceased's children; notarial agreements made in violation of legal requirements or excluding heirs are void; sales of disputed property by the surviving spouse are invalid if done without consent of all heirs.
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The Supreme Court held that property acquired after legal separation was not part of the marital community and rejected damages for being dragged into litigation.
The Commercial High Court held that a spouse may challenge a one-party enforcement order affecting shared interests, and that community property includes shared debts.
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