Which property law applies when a married couple moves to Switzerland? How are goods divided in the event of one spouse’s death or a divorce?
Example: An Austrian-French couple got married in Austria in the year 2005 and moved with their common child from Austria to Switzerland due to a change of jobs. The couple neither concluded a pre- nor a post-nuptial agreement. The wife dies unexpectedly. Which matrimonial property law applies to the spouses? If the spouses did not … Read more
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