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In un contesto sociale in cui la tradizionale struttura della famiglia va sempre più mutando, il diritto successorio, regolamentando le modalità e le forme per la trasmissione

On January 1, 2025, amendments to the Swiss Civil Code and the PILA regarding further measures against the marriage of minors will enter into force. One relevant amendment relates to the action for annulment...

Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der ersten Form von DINKs.

Verträge, welche während guter Zeiten aufgesetzt werden, können bei der Auflösung der Beziehung unerwünschte Folgen verhindern.

Our core business is obtaining work permits for management transfers as well as for other foreign expatriates and other employees who want to work in Switzerland.

In Switzerland, individual taxation currently only applies to single persons and unmarried couples. The tax treatment of married dual-earner couples is referred...

Im Erbfall kann es zu unerwünschten Resultaten führen, wenn sich unter den Erben Kinder aus verschiedenen Ehen befinden.

Potential changes in residency status in Switzerland can be extremely complex, particularly surrounding considerations for ensuring the continuation of stay or preparing for an exit from the country.

Although we are all aware that the family is very important, especially in the context of assignments, it is often forgotten.

To illustrate the questions that arise, this discussion is based on the following case study: Mr Sample is married and has two adult children.

In its report «Modernization of Family Law» of 25 March 2015, the Swiss Federal Council noted that current family law does not adequately reflect social circumstances and also that the approximately hundred-year-old inheritance law ...

Article 50 of the Swiss Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (AIG) stipulates that after the dissolution of the marriage or the family partnership, the spouse and the children are still entitled...

In an increasingly mobile world, many newlyweds have ties to multiple jurisdictions. This is no different in Switzerland...

Building a family as an LGBTI+ parent takes planning. Whether your family grows through IVF, a co-parenting arrangement or surrogacy, the addition of a new family member is life changing.

The new Swiss law for the protection of adults enters into force on 1 January 2013, replacing the guardianship law that has not changed significantly since the Civil Code's entry into force in 1912.

UPDATE on transfer of assets to the next generation - duty to support relatives in old age. The federal social security law (ELG) was revised as of 1 January 2021 and some important parameters have changed.

Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit zwei Steuerreforminitiativen von grosser Tragweite für den Schweizer Steuerstandort. Einerseits geht es um die Implementierung...

According to a number of articles published in the Financial Times, the uncertain outcome due to divorce laws in the United Kingdom and laws favourable to the partner of a couple less wealthy than the other have pushed many couples and armies of lawyers drafting prenuptial and postnuptial agreements to try to resolve matters in case of a messy divorce.

In response to the popular initiative for "Civil Status-Independent Individual Taxation", the Federal Council has established the framework for the introduction of individual taxation.