The husband and wife are presumed to have acquired property jointly. If husband earned 60 pesos whereas wide earned only 40 pesos, the 100 pesos are considered to have been acquired by then jointly. If legal separation is decreed, the court will say that husband and wife are entitled to 50 pesos each.

In Art 36 marriage nullity, since the rules on co-ownership will apply, the court will decree that the spouses shall share in their common property of 100 pesos cash in accordance with the proportion by which they contributed their shares, which is, 60-40.