Swiss Civil Code

Each spouse is li­able with his or her in­di­vidu­al prop­erty and the com­mon prop­erty:

1.

for debts in­curred in ex­er­cising his or her powers to rep­res­ent the mar­it­al uni­on or in man­aging the com­mon prop­erty;

2.

for debts in­curred in the pur­suit of a pro­fes­sion or busi­ness, provided com­mon prop­erty has been used for this or the in­come there­from be­comes com­mon prop­erty;

3.

for debts for which the oth­er spouse is also per­son­ally li­able;

4.

for debts in re­spect of which the spouses have agreed with third parties that their com­mon prop­erty as well as the debt­or’s in­di­vidu­al prop­erty will be li­able.