Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who fails to ful­fil his or her fam­ily law du­ties to provide main­ten­ance or sup­port al­though he or she has or could have the means to do so, shall be li­able on com­plaint to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² The au­thor­it­ies and agen­cies ap­poin­ted by the can­tons also have the right to file a com­plaint. In ex­er­cising this right, they shall take ac­count of the in­terests of the fam­ily.