The community property regime in the context of conducting a business activity and acquisition of shares in a limited liability company

The issue, regarded as an important aspect of conducting a business activity, namely thelegal effects of acquisition, financed from community property, of shares in a limited liability companyby spouses who have chosen the community property regime, has long been debated amongrepresentatives of legal science. It also brings about a considerable difficulty in the practice ofeconomic trading, which is an important issue as companies of this type are the most popular form ofconducting a business activity in Poland. Doubts concerning the shape of legislative solutionsregulating the issue in question are unquestionably exacerbated by the fact that the said regulationsbelong to both, the sphere of family law and the sphere of commercial companies law, which makesus expect appropriate legislative intervention in this respect. This article aims to present the issueconcerning acquisition of shares in limited liability companies on the basis of the Family and GuardianshipCode, which is further considered in a subsequent publication that aims to present the solutionsadopted in this respect in the Code of Commercial Partnerships and Companies.