They are lawful, unilateral and voluntary acts that are based on the principle that no one shall be enriched or benefited at the expense of another.

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• An obligation to pay can arise from certain lawful, voluntary and unilateral act which did not benefit anyone or which did not cause damages to another person.
• Spouses Reynaldo and Ana decided to separate and to voluntary dissolve their conjugal partnership. Hence, they executed a public document wherein they declare that they had no debts, that they were voluntarily dissolving their conjugal partnership, and that each of them would thereafter be free to acquire or dispose of any property independently of the other. Thereafter, they lived apart. Ana engaged in business which unfortunately failed. Reynaldo, on the other hand, continued to be gainfully employed and was able to acquire properties through his own efforts. The creditors of Ana obtained a judgment against the latter which they could not satisfy because Ana was insolvent. Could the creditors of Ana obtain satisfaction of the judgment out of the properties of Reynaldo?
• A & B are married. They have properties and they are governed by the conjugal partnership of gains. They negotiated for the sale of one (1) of their properties to C, but when the signing of the contract came, B did not consent to the sale. During the negotiation, they delivered the property to C. Is the sale valid?
• A and B both Filipinos, are married. They bought a property but not covered by a title. They migrated to the USA and became American citizens. When they came back for vacation, they filed a petition for registration of the land. Will the petition prosper?
• A & B entered into an ante nuptial agreement that they would be governed by the conjugal partnership of gains when they will get married. A year thereafter, they got married. Can they change their property relationship during the marriage?
• Which provision of the Condominium Act (RA 4796) is correct? 1. A condominium corporation shall not, during its existence, sell, exchange, and lease or otherwise dispose of the common areas owned by or held by in the condominium project unless authorized by the affirmative vote of all the stockholders or members. 2. Whenever real property has been divided into condominiums, each condominium separately owned shall be separately assessed, for purposes of real property taxation and other tax purposes, to the owners thereof and tax on each such condominium shall constitute a lien solely thereon.
• A and B are married. They have a daughter C who has a 5-year old child. C went to Hongkong to work for 2 years and left the child to the custody of X and Y who are not related to them. When A and B learned about the departure of their daughter, they demanded the surrender of the custody of their granddaughter, D to them, but X and Y refused, hence A and B sued X & Y for habeas corpus. When the order was served upon them, they produced the body of the child. The court dismissed the petition immediately. Is the dismissal correct?
• A and B are married. They have a joint account in a bank. They executed a survivorship agreement that upon the death of one of them, the full amount of money in their account shall become the property of the survivor. Is the agreement valid?
• X and Y are married. They were leasing a parcel of land in 2007; they constructed a house on the leased lot valued at P1M and resided thereon. While in business, they incurred liability from Z who sued them for failure to pay. Judgment was rendered and it became final and executory. Can the house be levied upon?
• Wendy, single, bought a parcel of land in Dagupan City from Amante for P600,000.00. A contract was executed between them which already vested upon Wendy full ownership of the property, although payable in monthly installments for a period of 4 years. One year after the execution of the contract, Wendy got married to Lorenzo. They executed a marriage settlement whereby they agreed that their properties shall be governed by the regime of conjugal partnership of gains. Thereafter, subsequent installments were paid from the conjugal partnership funds. Is the land conjugal or paraphernal?