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Art. 261 Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)
ZGB; Zweite Abteilung: Die Verwandtschaft; Siebenter Titel: Die Entstehung des Kindesverhältnisses ; Dritter Abschnitt: Anerkennung und Vaterschaftsurteil ; B. Vaterschaftsklage; I. Klagerecht
Art. 261 ZGB
Sowohl die Mutter als das Kind können auf Feststellung des Kindesverhältnisses zwischen dem Kind und dem Vater klagen.
Die Klage richtet sich gegen den Vater oder, wenn er gestorben ist, nacheinander gegen seine Nachkommen, Eltern oder Geschwister oder, wenn solche fehlen, gegen die zuständige Behörde seines letzten Wohnsitzes.
Ist der Vater gestorben, so wird seiner Ehefrau zur Wahrung ihrer Interessen die Einreichung der Klage vom Gericht mitgeteilt.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (18)
C/14415/2019 · ge (art. 261 al. 1 CC)
Paternity Establishment and Child Support Adjustment in International Context
Basis for the mother and child's action to establish paternity, which was confirmed.
Arr.t.2021.204 · vd (Art. 261 ss CC)
Guardianship for Paternity Claims Appeal Admissible Due to Factual Error Correction
This article regarding the paternity action was cited in the corrected text of the dispositive detailing the curator's tasks.
C/23348/2018 · ge (art. 261 CC)
Paternity Action vs. Res Judicata and Public Policy
Cited in the list of norms applicable to the case.
101 2019 293 · fr (art. 261 CC)
Paternity Registration Based on Time-Barred Acknowledgment
Cited in the reasoning (2.4.2) regarding action for filiation establishment, but not explicitly cited in the dispositive orders I, II, or III.
106 2018 98 · fr (art. 261 CC)
Guardianship Upheld to Initiate Child Support Despite Mother's Appeal
Cited in the reasoning section 2.3 as the basis for a paternity suit against the biological father.
ARMC.2018.2 · ne (art. 261 al. 1 CC)
Appeal Regarding Compelled Paternity Testing DNA Evidence
Cited in the reasoning concerning the merits, but not explicitly in the final dispositive orders.
C/30873/2010 · ge (Art. 261 al. 1 CC)
Paternity Suit: Mother's Standing and Authenticity of Foreign Marriage Certificate
Cited in the reasoning concerning the right of the mother and child to bring an action to establish paternity, which is the core subject of the dispute.
9.2014.169 · ti (art. 261 cpv. 1 CC)
Appeal Regarding Minor's Legal Representative Appointment in Paternity Case
Cited in the reasoning section concerning the right of the mother or the child to file an action for the establishment of paternity.
C/4108/2010 · ge (art. 261 CC)
Paternity Acknowledgment Despite Prior Judgment and Delay
The court ruled on the paternity action by examining the conditions required by this article, as instructed by the Federal Supreme Court.
CACIV.2011.34 · ne (Art. 261 al. 2 CC)
Paternity Action Against Heirs Involving Conflict of Laws and Res Judicata
Cited in the dispositive order 2 when discussing the passive legitimation in the action against the heirs of the deceased father.
CACIV.2011.34 · ne (Art. 261 al. 2 CC)
Paternity Action Against Heirs Involving Conflict of Laws and Res Judicata
Cited in the reasoning when discussing that the transfer of the passive legitimation to the deceased father's descendants does not alter the decisive connecting factor for jurisdiction.
CC.2009.133 · ne (Art. 261 CC)
Applicant v. Purported Father's Descendants (Paternity Claim Time-Barred)
Cited in the reasoning concerning the admissibility of the paternity claim against the descendants of the presumed father.
CC.2009.133 · ne (Art. 261 al. 2 CC)
Applicant v. Purported Father's Descendants (Paternity Claim Time-Barred)
Cited in the reasoning regarding the right to direct the action against the descendants of the deceased presumed father.
11.1995.106 · ti (art. 261 CC)
Mother's Appeal in Paternity and Child Support Case Remanded Due to Lack of Economic Justification
Cited in the reasoning regarding the paternity action, but not explicitly used in the dispositive orders.
60.2012.292 · ti (Art. 261 cpv. 2 CC)
Civil Court Access to Autopsy Biological Samples for Paternity Suit
This provision is cited indirectly via the description of the civil case (paternity action) that necessitated the use of the evidence, although it is not the procedural basis for the ruling itself, it is mentioned in the reasoning that supports the invocation of Art. 62 LOG.