Federal Act on the Registered Partnership between Same-Sex Couples

¹If a per­son has chil­dren, his or her part­ner shall provide him or her with reas­on­able as­sist­ance in the ful­fil­ment of the duty of main­ten­ance and in the ex­er­cise of par­ent­al au­thor­ity and shall rep­res­ent him or her if the cir­cum­stances so re­quire. Par­ent­al rights, however, shall be re­spec­ted in all cases.

²The guard­i­an­ship au­thor­ity may, sub­ject to the re­quire­ments of Art­icle 274a CC¹ grant rights of con­tact with the child in the event that the part­ners no longer co­hab­it and the re­gistered part­ner­ship is dis­solved.