210 Swiss Civil Code of 10 December 1907

210 Code civil suisse du 10 décembre 1907

Art. 494 I. Contracts naming heirs and making legacies

1 The testator may, by contract of succession, undertake to another person to bequeath his or her estate or a legacy to that person or a third party.

2 He or she is free to dispose of his or her property as he or she sees fit.

3 Testamentary dispositions and inter vivos gifts, with the exception of customary occasional gifts, are subject to challenge, insofar as:

1.
they are incompatible with obligations under the contract of succession, and in particular where they reduce benefits under the contract of succession; and
2.
no provision is made for them in the contract of succession.492

492 Amended by No I of the FA of 18 Dec. 2020 (Law of Succession), in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2021 312; BBl 2018 5813).

Art. 493 G. Fondations

1 La quotité disponible peut être consacrée, en totalité ou en partie, à une fondation.

2 La fondation n’est toutefois valable que si elle satisfait aux exigences de la loi.

 

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