The testator's freedom to make a will is considerably restricted by the right to a compulsory portion and is measured in fractions of the statutory inheritance share. With the reform of Swiss inheritance law on 1 January 2023, there were serious changes to the right to a compulsory portion.<\/p>\n
While the children were entitled to \u00be of the statutory inheritance share before the renewal, their compulsory share was reduced to \u00bd of the statutory inheritance share as of 1 January 2023 (Article 471<\/a> ZGB).<\/p>\n Example:<\/p>\n The widowed testator E has two children, A and B. He has disinherited his child A in an effective will. In this case, A's statutory inheritance share would be \u00bd. After the disinheritance, A is entitled to a compulsory portion of \u00bc of the estate.<\/p>\n The surviving spouse is also entitled to a compulsory portion in accordance with Article 470 ZBG. This also amounts to \u00bd of the statutory share of the estate (Article 471 CC).<\/p>\n Example:<\/p>\n The deceased is survived by his wife and two children. After Article 462<\/a> Paragraph 1 of the Swiss Civil Code, the wife's statutory inheritance share is \u00bd. If she has been disinherited by a will or an inheritance contract, she is entitled to \u00bc of the estate.<\/p>\n The reform of inheritance law has changed the right to a compulsory portion for spouses who are in divorce proceedings. Previously, spouses were entitled to a compulsory portion until the divorce was final. Since 1 January 2023, the spouse can be completely disinherited during the divorce proceedings (Article 472\u00a0<\/a>ZGB).<\/p>\n Before the amendment, the parents of the deceased were also entitled to a compulsory portion. According to the new version of the right to a compulsory portion, the parents' entitlement no longer applies, even if the deceased leaves no descendants or no spouse.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die Testierfreiheit des Erblassers wird durch das Pflichtteilsrecht erheblich eingeschr\u00e4nkt und bemisst sich in Bruchteilen des gesetzlichen Erbteils. Mit der Reform des Schweizer Erbrechts zum 1.1.2023 gab es gravierende Ver\u00e4nderungen des Pflichtteilsrechts. 1. Pflichtteilsrecht der Kinder W\u00e4hrend den Kindern vor der Erneuerung \u00be des gesetzlichen Erbteils zustand, hat sich zum 1.1.2023 deren Pflichtteil auf \u00bd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":426,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1096","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t2. right to a compulsory portion of the spouse<\/h3>\n
3. parents' right to a compulsory portion<\/h3>\n