Statutory property regime in Germany
According to Section 1363 German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB), the spouses live under the property regime of community of accrued gains if they do not by marriage contract agree otherwise. The property of the husband and the property of the wife do not become the common property of the spouses; the same applies to property that one spouse acquires after marriage. However, the accrued gains that the spouses acquire in the marriage, are equalized if the community of accrued gains ends (e.g. by death or by judgment).