Federal Act
on the Registered Partnership
between Same-Sex Couples
(Same-Sex Partnership Act, SSPA)

¹ Once the re­gistered part­ner­ship is dis­solved, the part­ners’ stat­utory right to in­her­it from each oth­er no longer ap­plies.

² Un­less there is an in­struc­tion to the con­trary, part­ners may not raise any claims based on test­a­ment­ary dis­pos­i­tions:

1.

fol­low­ing the leg­al dis­sol­u­tion of the part­ner­ship;

2.

fol­low­ing the death of a part­ner if dis­sol­u­tion pro­ceed­ings that res­ult in the sur­viv­ing part­ner los­ing his or her right to claim the stat­utory en­ti­tle­ment are on­go­ing at the time.²⁷