Art. 297 SCC from 2024

Art. 297 Abis. Death of a parent (1)
1 If the parents have joint parental responsibility and one parent dies, the surviving parent retains sole parental responsibility.
2 If a parent who has sole parental responsibility dies, the child protection authority shall assign parental responsibility to the surviving parent or if a legal guardian is appointed for the child, to the person more suited to safeguarding the child'"s best interests.
(1) Amended by No I of the FA of 21 June 2013 (Parental Responsibility), in force since 1 July 2014 (AS 2014 357; BBl 2011 9077).Es besteht kein Anspruch auf Aktualität und Vollständigkeit/Richtigkeit.