Your will

Settle your estate according to your wishes

Would you like to do good beyond your lifetime and let your solidarity and humanity live on? In addition to your loved ones, you can also leave a gift to Caritas Switzerland in your will. By doing so, you will leave a legacy that will change lives because millions of people are still affected by poverty.

Leaving a lasting legacy

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Drawing up your will

Show gratitude for your life and make a difference after your death: a will allows you to decide for yourself how your estate should be distributed so that your values can live on and can help to shape the future.

Our online guide takes you step-by-step through the process of drawing up your will. It explains who is entitled to legally protected reserved portions and what amounts you are free to gift.

How to proceed:

  1. Create your personalised will template online, free of charge.
  2. Please note: In order to ensure your will is legally valid, it must be copied by hand and signed and dated.
  3. Store your will with the relevant municipality or a notary, or in a safe place at home where it will be easy to find.

Questions and answers

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Mustertestamente

Mustertestamente

Die beiden Mustertestamente können Sie als Vorlage für Ihr eigenes Testament nutzen. Damit das Testament rechtlich gültig ist, muss es von Hand abgeschrieben und, versehen mit Ort und Datum, unterzeichnet werden.

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Liste zu Vermögenswerten

Liste zu Vermögenswerten

Die Musterliste zu Vermögenswerten hilft Ihnen dabei, ein Bild über Ihren Nachlass zu erhalten.

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The Caritas Care Folder: guidelines and templates

Would you prefer to use printed brochures and templates to prepare your care documents? The Caritas Care Folder can help you with this. The folder contains information brochures, patient decree forms and a guide to drawing up your advance care directive and your will, as well as a document for directives in the event of death.

We will be happy to send you the Care Folder in the post in return for a small contribution towards the costs of production and postage.

Further information

Porträt Bernhard Leicht

Bernhard Leicht

Head of inheritances and leagacies

+41 41 419 24 69bleicht@caritas.ch

If you have any questions or would like to talk to me, I shall be happy to help you. Please contact me without obligation. Your questions will be treated with the utmost discretion. I shall be happy also to answer any questions that you may have about our work and projects.

Header image: © Pia Zanetti