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New Civil Code Article 44 - Marriage capitulations

Book I : Ch VI : Sec III : Article 44

Article 44. Marriage capitulations The content of the capitulations in which there is stipulated, modified or substituted the economic regime of marriage, must be in accordance with the law of the conjugal domicile. If there is no conjugal domicile: (a) the law of the domicile of either party applies as long as it is not contrary to the rules of the domicile of the other party; (b) when there is a conflict between the law of the domicile of both parties,applies the law of the State in which the marriage took place. (Translated) <<<>>>> (Original Spanish) Artículo 44.-Capitulaciones matrimoniales. El contenido de las capitulaciones en las que se estipula, modifica o sustituye el régimen económico del matrimonio, deben ser conforme con la ley del domicilio conyugal. De no existir un domicilio conyugal: (a) se aplica la ley del domicilio de cualquiera de las partes siempre y cuando no sea contraria a las normas del domicilio de la otra parte; (b) cuando hay conflicto entre la ley del domicilio de una y otra parte, se aplica la ley del Estado en que se celebró el matrimonio.

New Civil Code Nov. 2020


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