Article 1320 of the Maltese Civil Code provides that a married couple who has the Community of Acquests regulating their matrimonial regime states that the following will become owned by both spouses jointly and in equal portions:
All that is acquired by the spouses through their work or profession;
All earnings arising from property owned by spouses. In this case it is important to note that if the property has been transferred to either of the spouses for example through a donation from his/her parents, and this with the express condition that proceeds made out of the use of that property does not become part of the community of acquests, then such money remains property of the spouse and does not enter the community;
The earnings made from property owned by the children;
Any property which is acquired with money or other property which is already in the community of acquests, even if the property is in the name of only one spouse;
Property acquired after marriage by personal property of the spouses;
Any fortuitous winnings by either of the spouses;
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