Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ The court that has jur­is­dic­tion to de­cide the pa­tern­ity ac­tion shall also de­cide on the de­pos­it, the ad­vance pay­ment, the dis­burse­ment of de­pos­ited amounts and the re­fund of ad­vances.

² In an ac­tion for main­ten­ance, the court shall also de­cide on par­ent­al re­spons­ib­il­ity and oth­er child-re­lated is­sues. If a par­ent-child re­la­tion­ship is es­tab­lished, the par­ents have party status. The court may as­sign the roles of plaintiff and de­fend­ant.²³⁸