Art. 161 Codice civile svizzero (CC)

VVGE.1971.75.Nr.4 · ow (Art. 161 Abs. 1 ZGB)

Unity of Citizenship within Family Affirmed

Cited as the civil code provision further implementing the principle of the wife acquiring the domicile of her husband through marriage.

VVGE.1981.82.Nr.37 · ow (Art. 161 ZGB)

Cantonal Law on Citizenship Retention Upheld Despite Gender Inequality

Cited to illustrate the principle that the wife's citizenship follows the husband's upon marriage.

VVGE.1989.90.Nr.3 · ow (Art. 161 ZGB)

Cooperatives' Discriminatory Marriage Rules Violate Gender Equality

Cited in relation to the new marriage law, stating that a wife no longer loses her original citizenship upon marriage.

VPB ad-94-434-n (Art. 161 CC)

Swiss Federal Council Opinion on Family Name and Citizenship Law Reform for Gender Equality

This article is cited in the context of modifying the rules regarding the right of citizenship of spouses.

VPB 94-434 (Art. 161 CC)

Family Law Amendments for Gender Equality

This provision stipulates that marriage has no effect on the cantonal and communal citizenship of the spouses.

PKG 2001 1 · gr (Art. 161 ZGB)

Federal Law Preempts Cantonal Law on Marital Citizenship Status

The court used this provision to determine that the wife acquires and cannot unilaterally renounce the cantonal and municipal citizenship of her husband, superseding Art. 6 kBüG in this case.