Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ If pa­tern­ity is es­tab­lished, the de­fend­ant may be ordered to de­pos­it or ad­vance ap­pro­pri­ate amounts for the main­ten­ance of the child.

² If the ac­tion for main­ten­ance has been filed to­geth­er with the pa­tern­ity ac­tion, the de­fend­ant must, at the plaintiff's re­quest:

a.

de­pos­it the costs for the birth and the suit­able con­tri­bu­tions to­wards the main­ten­ance of moth­er and child provided pa­tern­ity has been shown cred­ibly;

b.

make suit­able con­tri­bu­tions to­wards the main­ten­ance of the child sup­port provided must be as­sumed and the as­sump­tion can­not be re­futed by im­me­di­ately avail­able evid­ence.