Federal Act on Private International Law (PILA)

Art. 71PILA from 2022

Art. 71

¹ The Swiss authorities at the child’s place of birth or habitual residence, as well as those of the domicile or the place of origin of the mother or the father, have jurisdiction to receive the acknowledgment of a child.

² When an acknowledgment takes place in judicial proceedings in which the parent-child relationship is legally relevant, the judge seized with the lawsuit may also receive the acknowledgment.

³ The courts that have jurisdiction to hear an action to declare or contest a parent-child relationship (Art. 66 and 67) also have jurisdiction to rule on a challenge of an acknowledgment.