Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 144
144. (1) The usufruct of the paren ts shall cease on the death of
the child or on the marriage or remarriage of the parents or th e
adoptive parents, a s the case may be.
(2) It shall also cease for any other reason for which parental
authority ceases.
(3) Where the usufruct ceases in respect only of one of the
parents, the fruit of the property subject to such usufruct sha ll not
be comprised in any community of acquests subsisting between th e
parent in respect of whom the usufruct has not ceased, and the
parent in respect of w hom it has so ceased.
Where parents
continue to enjoy
property on
cessation of
usufruct.
Substituted by:
XXI.1993.59.
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