Question juridique clé
Whether the villa had to be revalued to the date of the actual partition or valued as of the Federal Court's judgment
Solution extraite
The challenge failed; the cantonally fixed expert valuation from January 2007 could be retained, and the Federal Court would not order a new valuation ex officio.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 617 CC, immovables are brought into account at their market value at the time of partition. A revaluation may be sought if the proceedings have lasted long and a party requests it, but the court need not order it on its own motion. Here, neither party effectively challenged the expert valuation when the cantonal court ruled.