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# Practical Guide
I think I have been wronged in an inheritance
Swiss succession law was revised on January 1, 2023. Hereditary reserves (minimum share guaranteed to reserve heirs) are now: 1/2 of the statutory share for descendants (instead of 3/4, art. 471 para. 1 CC). The reserve of parents has been abolished. The spouse…
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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 Swiss legal text into English. However, I notice that the text you want me to translate only contains "CC 470", which is a protected token placeholder. Please provide the actual Swiss legal text you would like me to translate, and I will: - Preserve all protected tokens (like CC 470, __JB_KEEP_1__, etc.) - Preserve all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear - Use your preferred glossary terms: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement Please share the full text to be translated. — Disposable share
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English, preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. I note your preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement However, I notice that the text to translate appears to be only "CC 471" - which is a protected token that must be preserved exactly as is. Please provide the actual legal text you would like me to translate, and I will translate it while: 1. Preserving every protected token (__JB_KEEP_*__) exactly 2. Preserving every URL, law reference, amount, date, citation and placeholder exactly 3. Applying your preferred glossary terms where applicable — Hereditary reserves
- I appreciate your request, but I notice that the text to translate appears to be just a placeholder token "CC 533" with no actual content to translate. Could you please provide the actual legal text that needs to be translated? Once you provide the Swiss legal text, I will translate it into English while: - Preserving all protected tokens (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Maintaining all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations and placeholders exactly as they appear - Using your preferred glossary terms: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement — Action for Reduction — Limitation Period
Critical Deadlines
- Identification of reserved heirs — upon opening of the succession (CC 471 / CC 470)
- Application for Heir Certificate and Inventory — in the 6 months (CC 551 / CC 581)
- Analysis of donations made during lifetime — under 30 days (CC 475 / CC 626-633)
- Action for Reduction — 1 year as soon as aware (CC 522 / CC 533)
- Action relating to joint heirs — until partition (CC 626 / CC 634)
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