Key legal question
Whether the wife’s pension claim was governed by Art. 122 ZGB or Art. 124 ZGB after the husband’s retirement.
Extracted holding
Because the divorce judgment became final before the husband’s pension event occurred, the claim would ordinarily fall under Art. 122 ZGB; however, since Swiss law could not directly split foreign pension assets, an adequate compensation under Art. 124 Abs. 1 ZGB was permissible.
Extracted reasoning
The decisive moment is the formal finality of the divorce judgment on the merits. If the pension event occurs after that, Art. 122 applies; if before, Art. 124 applies. Here, cross-border pension assets prevented direct division, so compensation under Art. 124 was not contrary to federal law.