A property bought by a man prior to his marriage but has finished payment after the marriage is considered a conjugal property. According to Justice Presbitero J. Velasco Jr., “The mere registration of a property in the name of one spouse does not destroy its conjugal nature. What is material is the time when the property was acquired.”
This decision made by the SC has dismissed the petition of husband-and-wife, Lita de Leon and Felix Rio Tarroza, who purchased the lot in Quezon City with an area of 191 square meters.
