Swiss Civil Code

¹ If the spouses have entered in­to a mar­it­al agree­ment in ac­cord­ance with the Civil Code, this mar­it­al agree­ment con­tin­ues to ap­ply and their en­tire mar­it­al prop­erty re­gime con­tin­ues to be gov­erned by the pre­vi­ous law, sub­ject to the re­ser­va­tion of the pro­vi­sions of this Title on sep­ar­ate prop­erty, leg­al ef­fect on third parties and the con­trac­tu­al sep­ar­a­tion of prop­erty.

² The new reg­u­la­tions on the sep­ar­a­tion of prop­erty ap­ply in fu­ture to the spouses' sep­ar­ate prop­erty.

³ Agree­ments on par­ti­cip­a­tion in a sur­plus or de­fi­cit in the case of a uni­on of prop­erty re­gime must not ad­versely af­fect the right to claim the stat­utory en­ti­tle­ments of chil­dren who are not the com­mon is­sue of the spouses or those of the is­sue of such chil­dren.