Swiss Civil Code

¹ The per­sons and third parties in­volved in the pro­ceed­ings are ob­liged to co­oper­ate in as­cer­tain­ing the facts of the case. The child pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity is­sues the ne­ces­sary or­ders to pro­tect any in­terests worthy of pro­tec­tion. If ne­ces­sary, it shall is­sue an or­der for the com­puls­ory en­force­ment of the duty to co­oper­ate.

² Per­sons bound by pro­fes­sion­al con­fid­en­ti­al­ity in ac­cord­ance with the Swiss Crim­in­al Code⁴²³ are en­titled to co­oper­ate without hav­ing to be re­leased from this con­fid­en­ti­al­ity re­quire­ment be­fore­hand. This pro­vi­sion does not ap­ply to aux­il­i­ary per­sons bound by pro­fes­sion­al con­fid­en­ti­al­ity un­der the Crim­in­al Code.

³ Per­sons bound by pro­fes­sion­al con­fid­en­ti­al­ity in ac­cord­ance with the Swiss Crim­in­al Code are ob­liged to co­oper­ate if the per­son en­titled to con­fid­en­ti­al­ity has au­thor­ised them to do so or if the su­per­i­or au­thor­ity or the su­per­vis­ory au­thor­ity has re­leased them from pro­fes­sion­al con­fid­en­ti­al­ity at the re­quest of the child pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity. Art­icle 13 of the Law­yers Act of 23 June 2000⁴²⁴ re­mains re­served.

⁴ Ad­min­is­trat­ive au­thor­it­ies and courts shall pass on the ne­ces­sary doc­u­ment­a­tion, re­ports and in­form­a­tion, provided there is no con­flict with in­terests worthy of pro­tec­tion.