Swiss Civil Code

¹ The mar­it­al prop­erty re­gime does not af­fect the ma­tur­ity of debts con­trac­ted between spouses.

² However, if pay­ment of debts or the resti­tu­tion of ob­jects owed by a spouse would cause him or her ser­i­ous dif­fi­culties which might en­danger the mar­it­al uni­on, such spouse may re­quest to be gran­ted a time lim­it in which to sat­is­fy the claim; the claim is to be se­cured where reas­on­able in the cir­cum­stances.