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Art. 626 Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)
ZGB; Zweite Abteilung: Der Erbgang; Siebenzehnter Titel: Die Teilung der Erbschaft; Dritter Abschnitt: Die Ausgleichung; A. Ausgleichungspflicht der Erben
Art. 626 ZGB
Die gesetzlichen Erben sind gegenseitig verpflichtet, alles zur Ausgleichung zu bringen, was ihnen der Erblasser bei Lebzeiten auf Anrechnung an ihren Erbanteil zugewendet hat.
Was der Erblasser seinen Nachkommen als Heiratsgut, Ausstattung oder durch Vermögensabtretung, Schulderlass u. dgl. zugewendet hat, steht, sofern der Erblasser nicht ausdrücklich das Gegenteil verfügt, unter der Ausgleichungspflicht.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (72)
BGE 151 III 361 (Art. 626 ZGB)
Liechtenstein trust enterprise assets and beneficiary nomination as inter vivos disposition excluded from estate and collation under Swiss succession law.
Main ground for the decision: the court held that merely naming beneficiaries under an irrevocable discretionary trust does not constitute a gift subject to collation, overturning the lower court's order to bring trust assets into the estate.
RBOG.2009.Nr.4 · tg (Art. 626 Abs. 2 ZGB)
Decedent's Payments for Heir Capital Contributions Constitute Equalization Claims
This provision establishes the obligation to account for payments made by the testator to his descendants, such as marriage gifts, dowries, or the transfer of assets, unless explicitly stated otherwise. The court used this as the primary legal basis to determine that the payments made by the father to his sons were subject to this accounting obligation.
C1 05 101 · vs (Art. 626 ff. ZGB)
Revocability of Collation Waiver in Testamentary Disposition and Contractual Binding
The decision hinges on the rules concerning the collation (Ausgleichung) of advances/gifts made by the deceased.
FI.2023.0110 · vd (art. 626 al. 2 CC)
Parent-Child Loan Reclassified as Gift Taxable Upon Agreement
Mentioned in the reasoning concerning the renunciation of the collationary right, which supports the finding that a donation occurred.
C/886/2016 · ge (Art. 626 al. 1 CC)
Estate Division and Inheritance Advance Dispute
Used to establish that B______ must report 32'800 fr. to the estate (modification of the first instance judgment).
ZKBER.2022.29 · so (Art. 626 ff. ZGB)
Deceased's Retained Control Over Irrevocable Trust Assets for Estate Division
Applied as the legal basis for considering the trust assets as subject to the rules of advancement/collation due to their nature as gratuitous lifetime transfers.
ZOR.2023.3 · ag (Art. 626 Abs. 2 ZGB)
Estate Division and Advancement of Property
Cited as the basis for requiring equalization of certain benefits received by heirs.
ZOR.2023.4 · ag (Art. 626 Abs. 2 ZGB)
Inheritance Division and Lifetime Gifts Equalization
This provision is used to determine the obligation to account for lifetime gratuitous transfers from the testator to the defendants.
ZL.2022.00043 · zh (Art. 626 Abs. 1 und 2 ZGB)
Supplementary Benefits Recalculation and Repayment After Inheritance
Governs the obligation of legal heirs to bring into hotchpotch what they received from the testator during their lifetime.
LB200048 · zh (Art. 626 ZGB)
Estate Dispute Settlement: Equalization Payment Resolves Sibling Inheritance Claims
Referred to in the settlement agreement as the legal basis for the compensatory payment (Ausgleichszahlung).
A/2173/2020 · ge (art. 626 al. 2 CC)
Estate Partition Duties and Pre-Death Gifts Subject to Collation
This provision was cited as the basis for considering the donation subject to reporting, which in turn subjected it to the registration duties under the LDE.
11.2019.127 · ti (Art. 626 cpv. 2 CC)
Reduction of Testamentary Dispositions based on Excessive Lifetime Gifts
This article is mentioned in the reasoning section (Considerando 2) in connection with gifts susceptible to reduction because they are otherwise subject to collation, but are exempt due to the beneficiary's renunciation of inheritance.
C1 17 172 · vs (Art. 626 ZGB)
Testamentary Reduction, Mandatory Share Equalization, and Valuation of Lifetime Gifts in Inheritance Dispute
Cited as the legal basis for the equalization obligation of heirs concerning advances received during the testator's lifetime.
BO.2017.36 · sg (Art. 626 Abs. 2 ZGB)
Spousal Lifetime Gifts Compatibility with Mutual Will and Waiver of Inheritance
Mentioned in the context of the exemption from the obligation to account for advances (Ausgleichungspflicht).
C/24576/2013 · ge (Art. 626 al. 1 CC)
Estate Partition Appeal: Matrimonial Pact Validity and Undue Gifts to Second Spouse
Mentioned in the context of the appellant claiming that another heir (C______) should report gifts to the succession, though this specific claim was rejected.