Swiss Civil Code

¹ The adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity shall veri­fy its jur­is­dic­tion ex of­fi­cio.

² If it de­cides that it has no jur­is­dic­tion, it shall as­sign the case im­me­di­ately to the au­thor­ity that it re­gards as hav­ing jur­is­dic­tion.

³ If it is un­cer­tain as to wheth­er it has jur­is­dic­tion, it shall con­sult the au­thor­ity that it be­lieves may have jur­is­dic­tion.

⁴ If no agree­ment is reached after con­sulta­tion, the au­thor­ity ori­gin­ally in­volved shall refer the ques­tion of jur­is­dic­tion to the ap­pel­late au­thor­ity.