Swiss Civil Code

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Art. 20

IV.1 Kin­ship by blood and by mar­riage

1. Blood kin­ship

 

1The de­gree of kin­ship2 is de­term­ined by the num­ber of in­ter­me­di­ary gen­er­a­tions.

2Lin­eal kin­ship ex­ists between two per­sons where one is des­cen­ded from the oth­er and col­lat­er­al kin­ship ex­ists between two per­sons where both are des­cen­ded from a third per­son and are not re­lated lin­eally.

1 Amended of mar­gin title in ac­cord­ance with No I 3 of the FA of 30 June 1972, in force since 1 April 1973 (AS 1972 2819, 1973 92; BBl 1971 I 1200).
2 Term amended by No I 3 of the FA of 30 June 1972, in force since 1 April 1973 (AS 1972 2819; BBl 1971 I 1200).

 
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