The original patrimony includes the property that belonged to the spouse on the day of the marriage and that which he or she has acquired since by succession or gift, as well as all property which, under the regime of legal community, forms private property by nature without giving rise to a reward. No account is taken of the fruits of these assets, nor of those assets which would have had the character of fruits or which the spouse disposed of by gift inter vivos during the marriage.
The consistency of the original assets is proven by a descriptive statement, even a private document, drawn up in the presence of the other spouse and signed by him or her.
In the absence of a descriptive statement or if it is incomplete, proof of the consistency of the original patrimony may only be produced by the means of Article 1402.