Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ Swiss courts have jur­is­dic­tion to hear an ac­tion to sup­ple­ment or amend a de­cree of di­vorce or sep­ar­a­tion if they have is­sued such a de­cree or if they have jur­is­dic­tion pur­su­ant to Art­icles 59, 60 or 60a.⁴⁰ The pro­vi­sions of this Act re­gard­ing the pro­tec­tion of minors (Art. 85) are re­served.

^1bis Swiss courts have ex­clus­ive jur­is­dic­tion to rule on claims for the di­vi­sion of oc­cu­pa­tion­al pen­sion en­ti­tle­ments against a Swiss pen­sion fund. In the ab­sence of jur­is­dic­tion un­der para­graph 1, the Swiss courts at the seat of the pen­sion fund have jur­is­dic­tion.⁴¹

² Ac­tions for sup­ple­ment­ing or amend­ing a di­vorce or a sep­ar­a­tion de­cree are gov­erned by Swiss law.⁴² The pro­vi­sions of this Act re­lat­ing to the name (Art. 37 to 40), to main­ten­ance ob­lig­a­tions between spouses (Art. 49), to mar­it­al prop­erty re­la­tions (Art. 52 to 57), to the ef­fects of a par­ent-child re­la­tion­ship (Art. 82 and 83), and to the pro­tec­tion of minors (Art. 85) are re­served.