Swiss Civil Code

¹Where sev­er­al heirs in­her­it the es­tate, on suc­ces­sion and un­til such time as it is di­vided they form a com­munity in re­spect of all rights and ob­lig­a­tions of the es­tate.

²They be­come joint own­ers of the prop­erty be­long­ing to the es­tate and have joint power of dis­pos­al over the rights of the es­tate, sub­ject to con­trac­tu­al or stat­utory powers of rep­res­ent­a­tion and ad­min­is­tra­tion.

³At the re­quest of one co-heir, the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity may ap­point a rep­res­ent­at­ive of the com­munity of heirs un­til the es­tate is di­vided.