Key legal question
Whether Zurich real estate standing in the wife’s name could be seized for the husband’s debts under Thurgau matrimonial property law.
Extracted holding
Yes. The wife’s brought-in property remained liable for the husband’s marital and premarital debts under Thurgau law, so seizure was permissible even without prior transfer in the land register.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that enforcement may reach assets whose inclusion in the debtor’s estate is disputed and that, in any event, the applicable Thurgau rule made the wife’s brought-in assets liable for the husband’s debts. The Zurich land-register rule did not prevent seizure on that basis.