Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

The fol­low­ing courts or au­thor­it­ies have jur­is­dic­tion to hear ac­tions and to or­der meas­ures re­lat­ing to mar­it­al prop­erty:

a. ³⁷

with re­spect to the li­quid­a­tion of the mar­it­al prop­erty re­gime on the death of one of the spouses: the Swiss ju­di­cial or ad­min­is­trat­ive au­thor­it­ies which, dis­reg­ard­ing Art­icle 88b, have jur­is­dic­tion to settle the es­tate, (Arts 86 to 89);

b.³⁸

with re­spect to the li­quid­a­tion of the mar­it­al prop­erty re­gime on di­vorce or sep­ar­a­tion: the Swiss ju­di­cial au­thor­it­ies that have jur­is­dic­tion in that re­spect (Art. 59, 60, 60a, 63, 64);

c.

in all oth­er cases: the Swiss ju­di­cial or ad­min­is­trat­ive au­thor­it­ies that have jur­is­dic­tion to rule on the ef­fects of mar­riage (Art. 46, 47).