Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ The law ap­plic­able to the es­tate de­term­ines what be­longs to the es­tate, who is en­titled thereto and to what ex­tent, who is li­able for the debts of the es­tate, which leg­al rem­ed­ies may be re­lied on, and which meas­ures may be ordered and sub­ject to which re­quire­ments.

² The im­ple­ment­a­tion of the meas­ures is gov­erned by the law of the state whose au­thor­ity has jur­is­dic­tion. Such law gov­erns inter aliacon­ser­vat­ory meas­ures and the set­tle­ment of the es­tate, in­clud­ing the pro­ced­ur­al as­pects of ad­min­is­tra­tion by an ex­ecut­or or ad­min­is­trat­or, and the ques­tion of the ex­ecut­or or ad­min­is­trat­or’s en­ti­tle­ment to and power of dis­pos­al over the es­tate.⁷³