Swiss Civil Code (SCC)

Art. 524SCC from 2023

Art. 524 3. Rights of creditors

¹ Where the testator has exceeded his or her testamentary freedom to the detriment of an heir and the latter fails to bring an action in abatement despite being instructed to do so by the bankruptcy administrators or by creditors holding unpaid debt certificates on succession, the administrators or creditors themselves may bring an action in abatement for the amount necessary to cover their claims within the same time limit that applies to the heir.

² The same right applies in the case of a disinheritance not contested by the person disinherited.