Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ For­eign de­cisions re­lat­ing to mar­it­al prop­erty re­la­tions are re­cog­nised in Switzer­land:

a.

if they were rendered, or are re­cog­nised, in the state of dom­i­cile of the de­fend­ant spouse;

b.

if they were rendered, or are re­cog­nised, in the state of dom­i­cile of the plaintiff spouse, provided the de­fend­ant spouse was not dom­i­ciled in Switzer­land;

c.

if they were rendered, or are re­cog­nised, in the state whose law ap­plies to the mar­it­al prop­erty re­la­tions pur­su­ant to this Act; or

d.

to the ex­tent that they re­late to im­mov­able prop­erty, if they were rendered, or are re­cog­nised, in the state in which the re­spect­ive prop­erty is loc­ated.

² The re­cog­ni­tion of de­cisions re­lat­ing to mar­it­al prop­erty re­la­tions rendered in the con­text of meas­ures pro­tect­ing the mar­it­al uni­on, or on a death, a de­clar­a­tion of nullity of mar­riage, a di­vorce or a sep­ar­a­tion is gov­erned by the pro­vi­sions of this Act re­lat­ing to the gen­er­al ef­fects of mar­riage, di­vorce or suc­ces­sion (Art. 50, 65 and 96).