How do I go about keeping the flat? After just a few years of marriage, my marriage is on the rocks and I'm considering separation proceedings, in which I intend to ask to keep the flat we live in together, which we will probably both claim, as we are very attached to it... Can I ask...
How can I put an end to telephone advertising? My phone hasn't stopped ringing lately and I'm fed up of being constantly disturbed by calls from call centres trying to sell me anything and everything! I thought it was forbidden in Switzerland to canvass by phone, but it's not...
How can I disinherit my brother? Legal adviceFamilyWills and inheritance " I have no children and I have a very bad relationship with my father, who is now my only family. I don't want him to inherit my property if I die. Can I disinherit him? Nicole, Geneva Under article 458 of the Civil Code...
How do I declare this flat? "We are providing our 26-year-old daughter, who is completing her studies in early music, with a 2-room condominium free of charge. Our daughter's annual income is around CHF 20,000. How should this flat be declared, and who should declare the rental value? The owner or...
How to change your matrimonial property regime I read an article you wrote in the Tribune de Genève about the separation of property regime. You explained the advantages and disadvantages of this special matrimonial property regime. I'd like to know what the procedure is for changing matrimonial property regimes. P. Genève The matrimonial...
How can I give up some of my space? "I run a business that I'd like to develop in synergy with someone to whom I'd like to give part of my space to offer a complementary activity to my own. Can the landlord object to this transaction if I am still responsible for paying the rent?
Order to pay: how long does it last? "Since it was registered by the debt-collection office, how long is a summons to pay valid for, given that some people issue summonses for no valid reason other than to cause harm to a third party? Does it lapse after a certain period if the creditor does not react?
How do I react to a debt collection order? I've received a summons to pay but I don't want to pay it because it follows a fitness subscription invoice that I cancelled. How do I defend myself? B, Geneva Under the system set out in the federal law on debt collection and bankruptcy (LP), any...
Joint tenants on a commercial lease "A friend and I have been renting premises together for a number of years, and we do business there. If my friend decides to leave, do I have to pay the rent on my own, and what would happen if I could no longer pay it? Martin, Perly The tenant's main obligation to the landlord...
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