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Art. 600 Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)
ZGB; Zweite Abteilung: Der Erbgang; Sechzehnter Titel: Die Wirkung des Erbganges; Fünfter Abschnitt: Die Erbschaftsklage; C. Verjährung
Art. 600 ZGB
Die Erbschaftsklage verjährt gegenüber einem gutgläubigen Beklagten mit Ablauf eines Jahres, von dem Zeitpunkte an gerechnet, da der Kläger von dem Besitz des Beklagten und von seinem eigenen bessern Recht Kenntnis erhalten hat, in allen Fällen aber mit dem Ablauf von zehn Jahren, vom Tode des Erblassers oder dem Zeitpunkte der Eröffnung seiner letztwilligen Verfügung an gerechnet.
Gegenüber einem bösgläubigen Beklagten beträgt die Verjährungsfrist stets 30 Jahre.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (10)
C/24994/2020 · ge (Art. 600 al. 1 CC)
Estate Recovery Action Based on Later Discovered Will
This provision governs the prescription/limitation periods for the action for recovery of an estate, which was a core argument addressed in the appeal.
LF150040 · zh (Art. 600 ZGB)
Inheritance Certificate Modification for Disinherited Heir
Cited to mention the commencement of the statute of limitations for an inheritance action.
LF130079 · zh (Art. 600 ZGB)
Estate of Smith v. Jones: Ambiguous Will Provision
Cited as an example of a legal claim with a running statutory limitation period after testament opening.
CC.2000.84 · ne (Art. 600 CC)
Fideicommissary Substitution vs. Surviving Spouse's Legal Reserve Valuation Dispute
Cited in the reasoning when discussing the prescription of the action in pétition d'hérédité.
CC.2000.84 · ne (Art. 600 al.1 CC)
Fideicommissary Substitution vs. Surviving Spouse's Legal Reserve Valuation Dispute
Cited in the reasoning regarding the prescription period for the main action (pétition d'hérédité), which was central to the decision on the merits regarding the securities and cash.
CC.2000.84 · ne (Art. 600 al.2 CC)
Fideicommissary Substitution vs. Surviving Spouse's Legal Reserve Valuation Dispute
Cited in the reasoning regarding the thirty-year prescription period against a possessor in bad faith.
CC.2004.28 · ne (Art. 600 CC)
Estate Distribution Accrual Precluded Absent Express Substitution Clause
This article regarding the prescription period for an action in inheritance petition was cited in the context of assessing the receivability of the initial claim.
CC.2001.20 · ne (Art. 600 al. 3 CC)
Spouse v. Spouse: Marital Discord Insufficient for Early Unilateral Divorce
Cited in the reasoning regarding the father's opposition to divorce not being an abuse of right when Art. 115 CC applies independently of the spouse's agreement (though this specific article number is not present in the dispositive, the principle derived from case law concerning Art. 115 CC application without consent is the relevant ground).
14.2000.90 · ti (art. 600 CC)
Recognition of German Bankruptcy Decree in Switzerland
This article, mentioned implicitly in the reasoning section (art. 597 CC), is cited in the general reference before the dispositive, but the actual operative part relies on LDIP for recognition, hence it is contextually less decisive than LDIP articles applied directly in the ruling.
LF150040 · zh (Art. 600 ZGB)
Will Interpretation and Certificate of Inheritance for Multiple Heirs
Cited in the reasoning regarding the commencement of the prescription period for the action for recovery of the estate.