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I have a situation related to: Reserved heir
Since the reform of inheritance law that came into force on 1 January 2023, the Swiss Civil Code protects certain heirs by means of a minimum share called a reserved portion (art. 470-471 CC). For descendants (children), the reserved portion is 1/2 of their legal share. The surviving spouse or…
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- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal documents into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, legal references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders. I'll apply your preferred glossary terms: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement However, I notice that the text to translate appears to be empty or only contains the placeholder `CC 470`. Please provide the actual text you'd like me to translate. — Hereditary reserve — disposable portion
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal documents from French to English, preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. However, I notice that the text to translate is just "CC 471" which is a protected token itself. Since protected tokens must be preserved exactly, the translation is: CC 471 Please provide the actual text you would like me to translate, and I will apply the glossary preferences you've specified (formal notice => formal notice, payment order => payment order, lease agreement => lease agreement) while preserving all protected tokens and legal references. — Reserve of descendants and surviving spouse
- CC 522 — Action for Reduction by Reserved Heirs
- I appreciate your request, but I notice that you've provided a list of preferred glossary terms and instructed me to translate text while preserving protected tokens. However, the actual text to be translated contains only "CC 533" which is itself a protected token. There is no substantive text content to translate. Could you please provide the actual Swiss legal text that needs to be translated into English? — Limitation period for action for reduction (1 year)
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