1. While the Community of Acquests is administered jointly, the paraphernal property of the husband or wife is administered separately

2. If one of the spouses sells his or her paraphernal property or enters a deed of exchange the proceeds received or the property obtained in exchange will form part of the community of acquests

3. As a result of the 1993 amendments to the Civil Code, married women have obtained the right to administer not only property which belonged to them before marriage (paraphernal property) but also to administer, jointly with the husband, the patrimony acquired by both spouses during marriage when the community of acquests subsists between the spouses.