Conciliation proceedings are not held:

a.

in summary proceedings;

a^bis.⁷¹

in proceedings on violence, threats or harassment pursuant to Article 28b CC⁷² or on electronic monitoring pursuant to Article 28c CC;

b.

in proceedings on civil status;

b^bis.⁷³

in proceedings on child maintenance and other child-related issues if a parent has requested the child protection authority to intervene before the proceedings (Art. 298b and 298d CC⁷⁴);

c.

in divorce proceedings;

d.⁷⁵

in proceedings for the dissolution or annulment of a registered partnership;

e.

for the following actions arising from the DEBA⁷⁶:

1.

action for release from a debt (Art. 83 para. 2 DEBA),

2.

action for a declaratory judgment (Art. 85a DEBA),

3.

third party action (Art. 106-109 DEBA),

4.

action for participation (Art. 111 DEBA),

5.

third party actions and actions by the bankrupt estate (Art. 242 DEBA),

6.

action to challenge the schedule of claims (Art. 148 and 250 DEBA),

7.

action to ascertain new assets (Art. 265a DEBA),

8.

action for the recovery of items that are subject to the right of retention (Art. 284 DEBA);

f.

in disputes for which a court of sole cantonal instance has jurisdiction pursuant to Articles 5 and 6;

g.

for principal intervention, counterclaim and third-party actions;

h.

if the court has set a deadline for filing the action.