Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the husband’s post-petition sale of the farm and intended purchase of a replacement farm constituted a substitute acquisition in matrimonial property law.
Decisione estratta
No. After dissolution of the matrimonial property regime by filing of the divorce action, substitute acquisitions are no longer possible; the husband had no relevant ownership of a replacement farm at the valuation date.
Motivazione estratta
The regime ended on filing of the divorce petition, while the sales occurred later. Post-dissolution changes do not affect the property division, and substitute acquisition requires ownership of the replacement asset. The Federal Act on Rural Land Rights did not change this, because its real-substitution period had already expired.