Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the 20 December 1996 agreement for CHF 500,000 was a matrimonial settlement subject to ratification under Art. 140 CC
Extrahierter Entscheid
The agreement concerned equitable compensation for the wife’s extraordinary collaboration in the husband’s medical practice and therefore fell under Art. 165 CC and had to be ratified under Art. 140 CC.
Extrahierte Begründung
The parties intended to settle the wife’s long-term extraordinary contribution to the practice, not merely an ordinary salary claim. The wording mentioning both employment and matrimonial claims did not change its matrimonial character.