Swiss Civil Code

¹ Where an over­indebted heir has dis­claimed an in­her­it­ance in or­der to with­hold it from his or her cred­it­ors, the lat­ter or the bank­ruptcy ad­min­is­trat­ors may chal­lenge the dis­claim­er with­in six months un­less their claims are se­cured.

² If their chal­lenge is up­held, the in­her­it­ance is placed in of­fi­cial li­quid­a­tion.

³ Any sur­plus serves first to sat­is­fy the chal­len­ging cred­it­ors and any bal­ance re­main­ing after re­demp­tion of the oth­er debts passes to the heirs in whose fa­vour the dis­claim­er was made.