Art. 7b

¹The new law applies to divorce proceedings that are pending on the commencement of the Federal Act of 26 June 1998¹and which must be judged by a cantonal authority.

²New legal requests that are required due to the change in the applicable law are permitted; uncontested parts of the judgment remain binding, unless they are materially so closely connected with the requests that remain to be judged that it makes sense to reassess the entire case

³The Federal Supreme Court decides in accordance with the previous law in cases where the contested judgment was issued before the commencement of the Federal Act of 26 June 1998; this also applies if the case is referred back to the cantonal authority.