فإن اعتمد خيار الملكية المشتركة، تُقسم ممتلكات الزوج إلى نصفين فترث زوجته النصف وترث أسرة الزوج وأولاده من الزواج النصف الآخر.
If community of property had been chosen, a husband's estate was divided in half. Half was inherited by his wife, and the other half was inherited by the husband's family and by the children of the marriage.