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# Practical Guide
I am questioning my matrimonial regime.
The legal matrimonial regime in Switzerland is participation in acquests (art. 196-220 CC). Each spouse retains their separate property (property prior to marriage, inherited, received by donation) and acquires acquests (income from work, proceeds from separate property). Upon dissolution of the regime (divorce, ...
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⚖️ Articles, deadlines and authorities reviewed by our legal AI on 2026-04-29. Does not replace a human lawyer.
Applicable Law Articles
- I'm ready to translate the text from French into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders. However, I notice that the actual text to be translated is only showing as "CC 196", which is a protected token placeholder. Please provide the actual French text you would like me to translate. Once you do, I will: 1. Preserve "CC 196" and any other protected tokens exactly as they appear 2. Use your preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement 3. Maintain all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and other placeholders exactly as written 4. Return only the translation without additional commentary Please share the French text to be translated. — Regime of participation in acquisitions
- I'm ready to translate the text from the budget you've provided, but I notice that the actual text to translate only contains "CC 215" which appears to be a protected token placeholder. Could you please provide the complete Swiss legal text that needs to be translated into English? Once you do, I will: 1. Translate it into English 2. Preserve all protected tokens (like CC 215, etc.) 3. Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear 4. Apply your preferred glossary: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement Please share the full text you'd like translated. — Distribution of Profit
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders, using your preferred glossary where applicable (formal notice = formal notice, payment order = payment order, lease agreement = lease agreement). However, the text to translate appears to be empty or only contains the placeholder "CC 182". Please provide the actual Swiss legal text you would like me to translate. — Marriage contract — form
Critical Deadlines
- Heritage Inventory — immediate
- # Draft of Matrimonial Contract — to be agreed with the notary (CC 182 / CC 184)
- # Execution of the Contract or # Performance of the Contract --- **Note:** "Exécution du contrat" can be translated as either "Execution of the Contract" or "Performance of the Contract," depending on the legal context. "Performance of the Contract" is more commonly used in modern English-language legal documents. — upon notarized signature
- Action for modification or liquidation before the court — according to cantonal procedure (CC 185 / CC 196 et seq.)
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