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Art. 607 Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)

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Art. 607 ZGB

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Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (35)

ZKBER.2025.3 · so (Art. 607 Abs. 3 ZGB)
Estate Information Disclosure Timeline Dispute
Cited in the reasoning section concerning the right to information for heirs and parties involved in the division of the estate, which underpins the original information order.
369----------- · vd (art. 607 al. 3 CC)
Estate Liquidation Document Production Appeal
This provision underpins the original order (I) regarding the obligation to inform co-heirs about assets, which was upheld in the reformed dispositive (III, new XVI).
HC.2022.787 · vd (Art. 607 al. 3 CC)
Heirs' Claim for Foreign Asset Disclosure Rejected in Inheritance Petition
Cited in the preamble of the decision as part of the legal provisions discussed, although the final order rejects the underlying claims based on this article.
C1 21 167 · vs (Art. 607 Abs. 3 ZGB)
Daughter Successfully Reinstated as Heir Following Disinheritance Challenge Over Unproven Misconduct
Cited in the dispositive to establish the heir's right to comprehensive information regarding the estate after the successful contestation of the disinheritance.
CDP.2019.79 · ne (Art. 607 al. 3 CC)
Heir Access to Tax Files: Res Judicata and Tax Secrecy Conflict
Cited in the reasoning regarding the right of heirs to information relevant to the partition, although ultimately deemed insufficient to override tax secrecy.
C/6522/2016 · ge (art. 607 al. 3 CC)
Executor Lacks Standing to Compel Trust Accounting from Company Lacking Mandate
Cited as a potential basis for the heir's right to information from third parties regarding estate assets, even if the claim is not purely contractual.
ADM 2018 39 · ju (Art. 607 al. 3 CC)
Estate Executor Ordered to Provide Accounts and Report Despite Appeal
Contributes to the reciprocal obligation of information between the executor and heirs.
ZK1 2016 38 · sz (Art. 607 Abs. 2 ZGB)
Estate Division Appeal: Collation, Reduction, and Mandatory Portions Calculation
Mentioned in reasoning as a general principle on which the freedom of division relies, but not directly cited in the operative part's ruling (only E. 9a refers to it, not the dispositive).
LF180042 · zh (Art. 607 ff. ZGB)
Appeal on Cost Allocation Following Reversal of Liquidation Procedure Due to Discovery of Foreign Heirs
Cited in the reasoning regarding the principle that heirs regulate the division among themselves.
2018.05.08.zr.1 · bl (Art. 607 ff. ZGB)
Inheritance Dispute: Brothers' Battle Over Land and Assets
Cited to distinguish the requirements for division of inheritance from those for division of co-ownership.
CP080004 · zh (Art. 607 Abs. 2 ZGB)
Invalidation of Public Auction Due to Agricultural Land Law Restrictions
Cited as part of the legal consequence if no formal appeal for revision is filed regarding the continuation of the undivided co-ownership.
2018.01.30.zr.1 · bl (Art. 607 ZGB)
Estate Executors' Right to Information from Heirs
Basis for the obligation of heirs to provide information regarding inheritance matters.
400.17.305 · bl (Art. 607 ZGB)
Executor's Right to Information from Heir Upheld Despite Disputed Debt
Basis for the obligation of heirs to provide information about inheritance assets and debts, invoked in the context of the will executors' claim for information.
HC.2018.51 · vd (Art. 607 al. 3 CC)
Appellant v. Co-Heirs Regarding Inherited Archival Materials
Cited as part of the legal basis regarding the obligation of heirs in possession of estate assets to provide precise information during partition.
9.2017.150 · ti (art. 607 CC)
Appeal Regarding Protection Authority's Jurisdiction Over Estate Division
Cited in reasoning to establish that heirs can freely agree on division, supporting the nullity of the RPA's decision on the merits.