Question juridique clé
Whether a guardian may be appointed for potential unborn heirs (nondum concepti) to protect their interests in a pending inheritance dispute.
Solution extraite
Yes. The interests of potential unborn heirs may be protected by appointing a guardian by analogy to Art. 544 Abs. 1bis ZGB.
Motifs extraits
New adult protection law only covers adults and no longer contains the former inheritance-administration guardianship. However, inheritance law still allows succession to unborn persons; to secure their interests in a concrete dispute, a guardianship is appropriate and sufficient, while full inheritance administration is not necessary here.