Short answer. Yes. Article 86 of the Family Code lets a donor revoke a donation by reason of marriage if it is with a resolutory condition and the condition is complied with. If the gift genuinely carried that kind of written condition and it has now occurred, that fulfillment is itself a ground for revocation.
What the law says
A donation by reason of marriage may be revoked by the donor in the following cases
Family Code, Article 86 — Revoking Donations by Reason of Marriage. Read the full provision →
What the law says
If it is with a resolutory condition and the condition is complied with
Family Code, Article 86 — Revoking Donations by Reason of Marriage. Read the full provision →
A conditioned wedding gift is not automatically permanent
A donation by reason of marriage does not always stay with the donee no matter what. A donation by reason of marriage may be revoked by the donor in the following cases. Article 86 lists six grounds, and the fifth speaks directly to a gift you gave subject to a condition that has since come to pass, which is the situation your written condition describes.
The resolutory-condition ground stated directly
Article 86 states it in a single, direct clause: If it is with a resolutory condition and the condition is complied with. A resolutory condition is one whose fulfillment brings an existing right to an end rather than creating one. If your gift carried that kind of condition, and the condition has since actually been fulfilled, the article treats that fulfillment as its own ground to revoke the gift, without requiring any further showing on your part.
Why it matters that the condition was resolutory
The article specifically names a resolutory condition, not any condition generally. A resolutory condition operates by ending a right that already existed once the condition happens, which is exactly the mechanism this ground of Article 86 relies on: the gift was valid and complete when made, and the condition's fulfillment is what triggers your right to take it back, rather than the gift having been incomplete or provisional all along until the condition was met.
This ground does not depend on the marriage's own validity
Unlike some of the article's other grounds, this one does not turn on whether the marriage was later annulled or whether either spouse acted in bad faith. It depends entirely on the condition you attached to the gift and whether that condition has actually been complied with, independent of anything else that may or may not have happened to the marriage itself or to the parties' conduct toward each other.
Cases citing this provision
These Supreme Court decisions cite the provision above. We list them so you can read them yourself; the summaries of what each decided are not ours to give.
- Heirs of Cesario Velasquez, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al, G.R. No. 126996, February 15, 2000 — read the decision on LawPhil →