I do understand it would be good to have another contract between us as he has a child and I don't,etc. I would like to know where I could read about my rights in this area, here in Switzerland. And also , if later we married, under which laws any future disagreements , etc related to the house will be rule?
etc etc etc etc
Thanks a lot!
Hi Carloncha,
I agree with Snoopy. I think you should really better to seek a professional one rather than to search in the internet like this because it might made you confious about something because of the different ideas with different people. Its better to rely and seek for the better one. Have a nice day a head.
How on earth do you think lawyers get their knowledge???
To know the law and apply it properly are two completely different pair of shoes.
I have studied law at the university of Geneva: "Droit des obligations", "Droit des sociétés", "Droit de la TVA" and "Propriété intellectuelle" and I can safely say that law is definetly not rocket science (far from it).
The fact that lawyers charge huge fees doesn't make them more intelligent or wiser than you or me. Everything they know is available in books.
I would prefer to hire a lawyer and be relatively assured of getting the correct answer than to worry about if I was reading an outdated or amended article.
Maybe that's because you've got more money than sense?
I could also learn rocket science by reading books and doing research on the internet but that doesn't really interest me. I would much rather pay someone a few hundred francs for a relatively simple answer than try to research the applicable articles in a foreign language and still not be assured that I covered all of the possible scenarios.
Here is an interesting article (in german):
http://www.hausinfo.ch/home/de/recht...heidungen.html
Translated into english it seems quite understandable:
http://de.babelfish.yahoo.com/transl...C3%9Cbersetzen
BTW Hausinfo.ch is a very trustworthy source of information, it is financed by house owner organisations.
Hey Patxi
This place is just so full of "know it alls", it is incredible. By all means the OP should read as much she can, but at the end of the day martin34 will not be on the sh*tty end of the stick if things go tits up. The law, as anyone who has had dealings with it will tell you (and that does NOT include sitting in a university lecture hall listening to a professor) is never black and white. It is interpreted and it is continuously evolving. I still think that in a case like this it is worth spending a few francs to see a professional. A small investment now could save big bucks further down the road. Ever heard the expression "penny wise, pound foolish"?
It's lucky that there are a few people like me here and that we are not all like you. Because if every question was answered with "Go and seek professional advice" then the EF would really be a resource of hugely useful information.
When you say you are going to buy a house with your boyfriend + father is how is the equity split? Will you (personally) be putting in a substancial deposit? Is he relying on your joint incomes to get the morgage? Will you be living on his income and paying the morgage with yours? There are quite a few posibilities?
You need to consider the worst case here. Should in five, ten who knows twenty years time you no longer wish to be a couple then the law will not protect you as it would have done had you been married.
In Switzerland as his wife you would be automatically entitled tlo 50% of your joint assets; as his girlfriend I am not sure if your entitled to anything...
States ... A Notary is a qualified lawyer – a member of the third and oldest branch of the legal profession in the United Kingdom. OK this is Switzerland, you think it is different here?
He also offered to help me and my girlfriend by drafting an agreement between the two of us as to how legally we were going to buy the apartment and how it would be divided between us, although we decided to do it ourselves rather than pay any more fees... However, our situation is somewhat different (no kids, no previous divorces etc etc) so I would say if you are in any way uncomfortable about how your situation would work then I would seek professional advice. At least that way if something does go wrong then you have someone to blame/sue for the bad advice - try suing an internet forum for bad advice and see how far you get...
Cheers,
Sculler