Swiss Civil Code

¹ The court reg­u­lates par­ent­al rights and ob­lig­a­tions in ac­cord­ance with the pro­vi­sions on the leg­al ef­fects of the par­ent-child re­la­tion­ship. In par­tic­u­lar it reg­u­lates:

1.

par­ent­al re­spons­ib­il­ity;

2.

res­id­ence;

3.

con­tact (Art. 273) or the shar­ing of par­ent­ing du­ties; and

4.

child main­ten­ance con­tri­bu­tions.

² It shall con­sider all cir­cum­stances im­port­ant to the child's best in­terests. It shall take ac­count of a joint pro­pos­al by the par­ents and, if feas­ible, the opin­ion of the child.

³ It may or­der that the child main­ten­ance con­tri­bu­tion con­tin­ue to be paid after the child reaches the age of ma­jor­ity.