Civil Code Article 1010
This English translation was last updated on 2021-01-20, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-08-17. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Either the husband or the wife is in any of the following circumstances, the court may, at the instance of the other party, order the application of the separation of property regime:(1) Where liable for the living expenses of the household but failed to provide such;(2) Where either the husband or the wife is in a state of insolvent;(3) Where according to the law, the disposition of property requires the consent of the other party, but such consent is refused without a good cause;(4) Where one party who is entitled to manage has obviously managed the common property improperly, and failed to make any improvement thereon by request of the other;(5) Where one party improperly reduced his own property acquired in marriage and this may endanger the other's right to claim for distribution of the remainder [of the property];(6) Where any other gross event has occurred.Where the husband and the wife are both in a state of insolvent, or where they could hardly maintained their common living, and have not lived together for more than six months, provisions in the preceding paragraph will be applicable to both of them.
中文原文 民法第1010條
夫妻之一方有左列各款情形之一時，法院因他方之請求，得宣告改用分別財產制：
一、依法應給付家庭生活費用而不給付時。
二、夫或妻之財產不足清償其債務時。
三、依法應得他方同意所為之財產處分，他方無正當理由拒絕同意時。
四、有管理權之一方對於共同財產之管理顯有不當，經他方請求改善而不改善時。
五、因不當減少其婚後財產，而對他方剩餘財產分配請求權有侵害之虞時。
六、有其他重大事由時。
夫妻之總財產不足清償總債務或夫妻難於維持共同生活，不同居已達六個月以上時，前項規定於夫妻均適用之。
一、依法應給付家庭生活費用而不給付時。
二、夫或妻之財產不足清償其債務時。
三、依法應得他方同意所為之財產處分，他方無正當理由拒絕同意時。
四、有管理權之一方對於共同財產之管理顯有不當，經他方請求改善而不改善時。
五、因不當減少其婚後財產，而對他方剩餘財產分配請求權有侵害之虞時。
六、有其他重大事由時。
夫妻之總財產不足清償總債務或夫妻難於維持共同生活，不同居已達六個月以上時，前項規定於夫妻均適用之。