Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ Swiss courts that have jur­is­dic­tion to hear an ac­tion for di­vorce or sep­ar­a­tion also have jur­is­dic­tion to rule on the sub­sequent ef­fects there­of. The pro­vi­sions of this Act re­lat­ing to the pro­tec­tion of minors (Art. 85) are re­served.⁴⁴

^1bis Swiss courts have ex­clus­ive jur­is­dic­tion to rule on claims for the di­vi­sion of oc­cu­pa­tion­al pen­sion en­ti­tle­ments against a Swiss pen­sion fund.⁴⁵

² The sub­sequent ef­fects of di­vorce and sep­ar­a­tion are gov­erned by Swiss law.⁴⁶ 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.