Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ The re­la­tions between par­ents and child are gov­erned by the law of the state of the child’s ha­bitu­al res­id­ence.

² However, if neither par­ent is dom­i­ciled in the state of the child’s ha­bitu­al res­id­ence and if the par­ents and the child are cit­izens of the same state, the law of that state ap­plies.

³ The pro­vi­sions of this Act re­lat­ing to the name (Art. 33, 37 to 40), the pro­tec­tion of minors (Art. 85) and suc­ces­sion (Art. 90 to 95) are re­served.