220 ORCO

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Art. 134 Legge federale del 30 marzo 1911 di complemento del Codice civile svizzero (CO)

CO; Parte prima: Disposizioni generali; Titolo terzo: Dell’estinzione delle obbligazioni; G. Prescrizione; III. Sospensione della prescrizione

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Art. 134 CO

La prescrizione non comincia, o, se cominciata, resta sospesa: 1. per i crediti dei figli contro i genitori, fino al raggiungimento della maggiore età dei figli; 2. per i crediti della persona incapace di discernimento contro il mandatario designato con mandato precauzionale, finché lo stesso è efficace; 3. per i crediti dei coniugi fra loro durante il matrimonio; 3bis. per i crediti fra i partner durante l’unione domestica registrata; 4. per i crediti contro il datore di lavoro dei lavoratori che vivono nella sua economia domestica, durante il tempo del rapporto di lavoro; 5. finché il debitore abbia l’usufrutto del credito; 6. finché sia impossibile, per motivi oggettivi, far valere il credito davanti a un tribunale; 7. per i crediti dell’ereditando o contro lo stesso, durante la procedura d’inventario; 8. durante trattative transattive, una procedura di mediazione o altre procedure di composizione stragiudiziale delle controversie, purché le parti lo convengano per scritto.

Allo spirare del giorno in cui cessano siffatti rapporti, la prescrizione comincia il suo corso, o, se era già cominciata, lo prosegue.

Sono riservate le disposizioni speciali delle leggi sull’esecuzione e sul fallimento.

← Art. 133 CO Legge federale del 30 marzo 1911 di complemento del Codice civile svizzero (CO) Art. 135 CO →

Decisioni giudiziarie che applicano questa disposizione (43)

11.2023.10 · ti (art. 134 cpv. 1 n. 3 CO)

Divorce Property Liquidation and Spousal Support Arrears Appeal

Cited in reasoning (considerant 6d) regarding the statute of limitations for a claim, indicating the wife was entitled to postpone action.

BV.2022.00055 · zh (Art. 134 Abs. 1 Ziff. 6 OR)

Disability Benefits Claim: Causal Link and Statute of Limitations

Suspends the statute of limitations when a claim cannot be asserted before a Swiss court.

C/27363/2019 · ge (art. 134 al. 1 ch. 4 CO)

Caregiver Underpayment and Overtime Compensation Suit

Cited as the legal basis supporting the Court's confirmation that the lower court's decision to apply this article (suspension of prescription due to living in the employer's household) was correct.

BZ 2022 28 · zg (Art. 134 Abs. 1 Ziff. 1 OR)

Child Support Standing, Prescription, and Retroactive Statutory Application in Enforcement Proceedings

Cited extensively in the reasoning regarding prescription suspension for children's claims against parents, but not in the dispositive orders.

BZ 2022 28 · zg (Art. 134 Abs. 1 Ziff. 6 OR)

Child Support Standing, Prescription, and Retroactive Statutory Application in Enforcement Proceedings

Cited in reasoning regarding prescription suspension due to inability to enforce claims, but not in the dispositive.

C/25051/2012 · ge (Art. 134 al. 1 ch. 6 CO)

Company v. Former Officers: Prescription Period for Damages Claim Under Management Agreement

The court used this provision to reject the argument that prescription was suspended because the impossibility to sue was due to the internal corporate structure (a cause dependent on the company's personal situation), not an objective impediment.

C/24100/2018 · ge (art. 134 al. 1 CO)

Appeal Regarding Divorce Judgment: Visitation, Child Support Imputation, and Property Liquidation

Cited to determine that the prescription period for maintenance claims was suspended due to the continuing parental authority.

BV.2019.00020 · zh (Art. 134 Abs. 1 Ziff. 6 OR)

Pension Fund Liability for Pre-Insurance Disability Onset

Cited concerning the suspension of the limitation period while a claim cannot be asserted in court.

S.questre.2020.1 · vd (Art. 134 al. 1 ch. 6 CO)

Child Support Debt Attachment Upheld Against Inheritance Rights Challenge

This provision was used to reject the debtor's argument that the maintenance claims were time-barred due to the lack of a forum for enforcement.

BV.2017.00075 · zh (Art. 134 Abs. 1 Ziff. 6 OR)

Pension Fund Liability for Misdirected Survivor Benefits Payment

Cited in the reasoning (E. 4.3) regarding the suspension of the limitation period when a claim cannot be asserted before a Swiss court.

14.2018.190 · ti (art. 134 cpv. 1 n. 3 CO)

Creditor v. Debtor: Spousal Support Prescription in Enforcement Proceedings

Used to establish that marital claims are generally not subject to prescription during marriage, leading to the rejection of the prescription exception.

C/7903/2018 · ge (art. 134 al. 1 ch. 6 CO)

Alimony Arrears Limitation Period Suspension and Tolling

This provision regarding the suspension of prescription due to the impossibility of enforcing the claim before a Swiss court was used to determine that the prescription period had not yet run.

BV.2017.00069 · zh (Art. 134 Abs. 1 Ziff. 6 OR)

Pension Fund's Statute of Limitations Defense Upheld in Overpayment Dispute

Cited to explain that the statute of limitations does not begin or is suspended when a claim cannot be asserted before a Swiss court.

C/24731/2013 · ge (art. 134 al. 1 ch. 4 CO)

Estate Division Dispute: Agricultural Asset Valuation and Debt Claims

Applied to suspend the statute of limitations for employee claims when living in the employer's household.

HC.2016.453 · vd (art. 134 al. 1 CO)

Insurer Prescription Period for Disability Benefits

Cited in the reasoning regarding the suspension of prescription due to impossibility to assert a claim in court, although not directly in the final orders.