Swiss Civil Code

of 10 December 1907 (Status as of 1 January 2023) 2018 401; 2020 4005; 2021 312, 565, 917; 2022 109, 551


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Art. 472486

III. Loss of the right to claim the stat­utory en­ti­tle­ment in di­vorce pro­ceed­ings

 

1 If di­vorce pro­ceed­ings are pending on the death of the test­at­or, the sur­viv­ing spouse loses his or her right to claim the stat­utory en­ti­tle­ment if:

1.
the pro­ceed­ings were in­stig­ated by joint re­quest or con­tin­ued by joint re­quest in ac­cord­ance with the rules on di­vorce; or
2.
the spouses have lived apart for at least two years.

2 In such a case, the stat­utory en­ti­tle­ments ap­ply as if the test­at­or had nev­er mar­ried.

3 Para­graphs 1 and 2 ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis to pro­ceed­ings to dis­solve a re­gistered part­ner­ship.

486Amended by No I of the FA of 18 Dec. 2020 (Law of Suc­ces­sion), in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2021 312; BBl 2018 5813).

 
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