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Art. 555 Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)
ZGB; Zweite Abteilung: Der Erbgang; Sechzehnter Titel: Die Wirkung des Erbganges; Erster Abschnitt: Die Sicherungsmassregeln; D. Erbschaftsverwaltung; II. Bei unbekannten Erben
Art. 555 ZGB
Ist die Behörde im ungewissen, ob der Erblasser Erben hinterlassen hat oder nicht, oder ob ihr alle Erben bekannt sind, so sind die Berechtigten in angemessener Weise öffentlich aufzufordern, sich binnen Jahresfrist zum Erbgange zu melden.
Erfolgt während dieser Frist keine Anmeldung und sind der Behörde keine Erben bekannt, so fällt die Erbschaft unter Vorbehalt der Erbschaftsklage an das erbberechtigte Gemeinwesen.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (22)
C3 23 177 · vs (art. 555 CC)
Heir Certificate Issuance and Estate Administration Obligation in Cases of Uncertain Heirship
The court invited the lower court judge to supplement the measure with a call to heirs based on this provision if uncertainty regarding the heirs remains.
C3 23 177 · vs (art. 555 CC)
Heir Certificate Issuance and Estate Administration Obligation in Cases of Uncertain Heirship
The court ordered that the official administration of the estate be supplemented by a call to heirs based on this provision to clarify the situation.
ZBE.2023.1 · ag (Art. 555 Abs. 1 ZGB)
Estate Dispute: Executor Charity Selection Upheld, Heir Identification Ordered
Cited as the legal basis for ordering an heir search.
C/26545/2019 · ge (art. 555 CC)
Spouse Seeks Termination of Estate Administration After Locating Witnesses
The main issue concerned the continuation of the official administration of the estate, which is linked to the public call for heirs provision.
LF190086 · zh (Art. 555 Abs. 1 ZGB)
Estate Heir Search Justification for Public Call
The court upheld the decision to order an heir search, citing this article in its reasoning about the legal basis for such an order when heirs are unknown.
ZSU.2019.151 · ag (Art. 555 Abs. 1 ZGB)
Estate Administration Denied Due to Lack of Evidence of Additional Heirs
Cited as the basis for issuing a call for heirs when there is uncertainty about whether all heirs are known.
AGVE.2019.39 · ag (Art. 555 Abs. 1 ZGB)
Estate Administration and Presumption of Descendants
Cited as the legal basis for ordering a call for heirs when there is uncertainty about whether all heirs are known.
11.2019.30 · ti (art. 555 CC)
Estate Administration Appointment Vacated for Insufficient Reasoning
Cited in the reasoning section to justify the initial need for an administrator due to ongoing heir search proceedings.
LF180042 · zh (Art. 555 Abs. 1 ZGB)
Appeal on Cost Allocation Following Reversal of Liquidation Procedure Due to Discovery of Foreign Heirs
Cited in the reasoning concerning the requirement for a public call for heirs when the authority is uncertain about the existence or identity of heirs.
LF180012 · zh (Art. 555 Abs. 1 ZGB)
Appellate Court Partially Upholds Appeal Against Heir Search and Estate Administration Orders Based on Testamentary Uncertainty
Although the court decided against applying the measure, the reasoning discusses whether uncertainty about heirs (governed by this article) justifies an heir call, which was the core issue leading to the appeal.
HC.2015.906 · vd (Art. 555 CC)
Executor v. Lower Court Regarding Heir Search Cancellation and Certificate of Inheritance Issuance
The appeal was admitted based on a double violation of this article regarding the call for heirs.
HC.2015.827 · vd (Art. 555 al. 1 CC)
Heir Access to Succession File Pending Inheritance Status Determination
Although discussed extensively in the reasoning regarding the justification for appeal proceedings, this provision is not explicitly cited in the operative orders (I, II, III, IV).
PF140057 · zh (Art. 555 Abs. 1 ZGB)
Heir Certificate Issuance Delayed Pending Foreign Investigations
Cited in reasoning section III.3, referring to the previous judgment, regarding calling the heirs to eliminate uncertainty.
PF140057 · zh (Art. 555 ZGB)
Heir Certificate Issuance Delayed Pending Foreign Investigations
Cited in reasoning section III.1 as a potential measure (calling the heirs) if further investigations yield no results, as explained by the lower court's reasoning.
LF140076 · zh (Art. 555 ZGB)
Probate Court Refusal to Adjudicate Validity of Inheritance Waiver
Cited in connection with the duty of the estate authorities to find heirs.