Short answer. Yes. Article 142 of the Family Code lets a court transfer administration of a spouse's exclusive property to the other spouse when that spouse is judicially declared an absentee, among other listed grounds. If the other spouse is not qualified to administer it, the court appoints a suitable administrator instead.
What the law says
The administration of all classes of exclusive property of either spouse may be transferred by the court to the other spouse: (1) When one spouse becomes the guardian of the other; (2) When one spouse is judicially declared an absentee
Family Code, Article 142 — Court Transfer of Administration of Exclusive Property. Read the full provision →
The rule and the grounds that trigger it
Article 142 provides that the administration of all classes of exclusive property of either spouse may be transferred by the court to the other spouse on four listed grounds: guardianship of the other spouse, a judicial declaration of absentee status, a sentence carrying civil interdiction, or becoming a fugitive from justice or hiding as an accused in a criminal case. A judicial declaration of absentee status is expressly one of the grounds the article lists.
"Exclusive property" and "administration" specifically
The article covers all classes of exclusive property of either spouse — property that belongs to one spouse individually rather than to any shared community or partnership regime. What transfers is administration: the authority to manage and act with respect to the property, not ownership itself. Being declared an absentee does not strip you of ownership; it can shift who has the authority to manage what you own while you are absent. The same absentee ground can also support a full judicial separation of property under Article 135, which is a different and more drastic remedy: that dissolves the community or partnership property regime itself, while Article 142 leaves the regime intact and shifts only who administers the exclusive property.
The transfer requires a court order — it is not automatic
Article 142 says administration may be transferred by the court, meaning a court has to act to effect it; an absentee declaration by itself does not automatically hand administration to the other spouse without that further step. The other spouse would need to bring the matter before the court and establish the ground — here, the judicial declaration of absentee status — for the transfer to actually take place.
When the other spouse cannot take on the role
The article anticipates that the other spouse might not be the right person to administer the property: if the other spouse is not qualified by reason of incompetence, conflict of interest, or any other just cause, the court shall appoint a suitable person to be the administrator. So the outcome is not automatically your spouse taking control — the court can instead name a different administrator if warranted, a distinction worth raising with a lawyer if you have concerns.