1 Where the house or apartment in which the spouses lived or the household effects form part of the estate, the surviving spouse may request that such property be allocated to him or her against his or her portion.
2 Where justified in the circumstances, at the request of the surviving spouse or the other statutory heirs of the deceased, a usufruct or right of residence may be granted rather than ownership of the home.
3 The surviving spouse cannot 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 the profession or business, subject to the provisions of agricultural law of succession.
4 The same provisions apply mutatis mutandis to registered partners.517
516 Inserted by No I 2 of the FA of 5 Oct. 1984, in force since 1 Jan. 1988 (AS 1986 122 153 Art. 1; BBl 1979 II 1191).
517 Inserted by Annex No 8 of the Same-Sex Partnership Act of 18 June 2004, in force since 1 Jan. 2007 (AS 2005 5685; BBl 2003 1288).
1 Gli oggetti, che divisi perderebbero considerevolmente di valore, devono essere attribuiti per intiero ad uno degli eredi.
2 Gli oggetti sulla cui divisione od attribuzione gli eredi non cadono d’accordo devono essere venduti per dividerne il prezzo.
3 Ciascun erede può chiedere che la vendita abbia luogo agli incanti, nel qual caso, in difetto di accordo, l’autorità decide se l’incanto debba essere pubblico o tra i soli eredi.
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