Swiss Civil Code

¹ While liv­ing to­geth­er un­der the same roof, both spouses rep­res­ent the mar­it­al uni­on with re­gard to the day-to-day needs of the fam­ily.

² A spouse may rep­res­ent the mar­it­al uni­on with re­gard to the oth­er needs of the fam­ily only if:

1.

au­thor­ised so to do by the oth­er spouse or by court or­der;

2.

the in­terests of the mar­it­al uni­on brook no delay and the oth­er spouse is un­able to con­sent due to ill­ness, ab­sence or oth­er sim­il­ar reas­ons.

³ Each spouse is per­son­ally li­able for his or her own ac­tions and, to the ex­tent that these do not ex­ceed his or her powers of rep­res­ent­a­tion in a man­ner ap­par­ent to third parties, also renders the oth­er spouse jointly and sev­er­ally li­able for such ac­tions.