Property which the spouses owned or possessed on the day of the celebration of the marriage, or which they acquire during the marriage by succession, gift or legacy, remains separate.
The gift may stipulate that the property which is the subject of it shall belong to the community. The property falls into the community, unless otherwise stipulated, when the gift is made to both spouses jointly.
Property abandoned or transferred by father, mother or other ascendant to one of the spouses, either to fulfil what he owes him, or to the charge of paying the debts of the donor to strangers, remains proper, unless rewarded.