Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ In the ab­sence of a choice of law, mar­it­al prop­erty re­la­tions are gov­erned:

a.

by the law of the state in which both spouses are dom­i­ciled at the same time, or, if that is not the case;

b.

by the law of the state in which both spouses were last dom­i­ciled at the same time.

² If the spouses have nev­er been dom­i­ciled at the same time in the same state, the law of their com­mon cit­izen­ship ap­plies.

³ Spouses who have nev­er been dom­i­ciled in the same state and who do not have a com­mon cit­izen­ship are sub­ject to the Swiss rules on sep­ar­a­tion of prop­erty.