Legal corpus
Swiss statutes referenced
Index of the principal Swiss federal acts mobilised in the practice, each linking directly to the official text on Fedlex (Federal Office of Justice). Individual articles will progressively be annotated here as short practice-oriented notes — see the glossary for key terms and the long-form guides for substantive treatment.
Indexed statutes · 9
- CC
Swiss Civil Code →
Filiation, marriage, divorce, matrimonial property, succession, adult and child protection. The Swiss private-law backbone.
- CO
Code of Obligations →
Contracts, civil liability, employment law (arts. 319 ff.), leases, mandate, partnerships, corporations.
- LEI
Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration →
B, C, L permits; family reunification; art. 50 FNIA (dissolution of the marital union); removal orders; OCPM and SEM appeals.
- LAI
Federal Act on Disability Insurance →
Disability pension, rehabilitation measures, opposition to OAI, appeals to the Geneva Court — Social Insurance Chamber.
- LPC
Federal Act on Supplementary Benefits →
Supplementary benefits to OASI/IV: income thresholds, calculation, application, appeals.
- PILA
Federal Act on Private International Law ↗ Fedlex
Jurisdiction, applicable law and recognition of foreign judgments in international matters: divorce, succession, contract, tort.
- CPC
Civil Procedure Code ↗ Fedlex
Federal rules of civil procedure: jurisdiction, provisional measures, summary procedure, enforcement (arts. 343 ff.).
- PC
Swiss Criminal Code ↗ Fedlex
Offences, penalties, criminal complaint. Arts. 122-126 (bodily harm), 180 (threats), 181 (coercion), 217 (default on maintenance), 219-220 (breach of duty of care, child non-return).
- DEBA
Federal Act on Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy ↗ Fedlex
Payment order, opposition, provisional/definitive removal of opposition, attachment, bankruptcy. Recovery of maintenance contributions.
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