Swiss Civil Code

¹ The test­at­or may, by con­tract of suc­ces­sion, un­der­take to an­oth­er per­son to be­queath his or her es­tate or a leg­acy to that per­son or a third party.

² He or she is free to dis­pose of his or her prop­erty as he or she sees fit.

³ Test­a­ment­ary dis­pos­i­tions and inter vivos gifts, with the ex­cep­tion of cus­tom­ary oc­ca­sion­al gifts, are sub­ject to chal­lenge, in­so­far as:

1.

they are in­com­pat­ible with ob­lig­a­tions un­der the con­tract of suc­ces­sion, and in par­tic­u­lar where they re­duce be­ne­fits un­der the con­tract of suc­ces­sion; and

2.

no pro­vi­sion is made for them in the con­tract of suc­ces­sion.⁴⁹⁴