1 To ensure that the surviving spouse may maintain his or her accustomed lifestyle, at his or her request he or she will be granted a usufruct of or a right of residence in the home in which the spouses lived and which belonged to the deceased spouse, and this will be set off against his or her entitlement, subject to any contrary provision in the marital agreement.
2 On the same conditions, he or she may request that ownership of the household effects be transferred to him or her.
3 Where justified in the circumstances, at the request of the surviving spouse or the other legal heirs of the deceased spouse, ownership of the home may be granted rather than a usufruct or right of residence.
4 The surviving spouse may not claim such rights in respect of premises in which the deceased practised a profession or ran a business and which are required by one of his or her issue in order to continue said profession or business, subject to the provisions of agricultural inheritance law.
1 Lorsque le règlement immédiat de la créance de participation et de la part à la plus-value expose l’époux débiteur à des difficultés graves, celui-ci peut solliciter des délais de paiement.
2 Sauf convention contraire, il doit des intérêts dès la clôture de la liquidation et peut être tenu de fournir des sûretés si les circonstances le justifient.
This document is not an official publication. Only the publication of the Federal Chancellery is legally binding.
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