{"id":761,"date":"2019-01-07T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schaubho.cyon.link\/?page_id=761"},"modified":"2021-10-13T17:39:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T15:39:58","slug":"karin-hochl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/attorneys\/karin-hochl\/","title":{"rendered":"Karin Hochl"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"761\" class=\"elementor elementor-761 elementor-71\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a011112 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a011112\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e238964\" data-id=\"e238964\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d1ffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5d1ffe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"job-title\">Attorney, lic. iur. HSG<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-039d041 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"039d041\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d43464b\" data-id=\"d43464b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21aa13e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21aa13e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"job-title\">I advise and accompany opposite- and same-sex couples in all aspects of starting and securing their family. In my areas of work in pension and estate planning, I support you, for example, in drawing up a marriage contract or a will.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18b11ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18b11ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bedc19\" data-id=\"1bedc19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddcf7be elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"ddcf7be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2321\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2321\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Services<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2322\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2322\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Portrait<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2323\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2323\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2321\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Services<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2321\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2321\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><div class=\"resp-tab-content resp-tab-content-active\" aria-labelledby=\"tab_item-0\">\n<h3><mark>Adoption, stepchild adoption<\/mark><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Advice and representation on adoption, including international circumstances<\/li>\n<li>Appeal against adoption decisions<\/li>\n<li>Recognition of foreign adoption judgments in Switzerland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Inheritance law<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Prenuptial agreement, wills, inheritance agreement<\/li>\n<li>Power of attorney, living wills<\/li>\n<li>Distribution of estate, administration of estates<\/li>\n<li>Execution of wills, representation of heirs<\/li>\n<li>Sale of real estate, estate liquidations (including art and collectibles)<\/li>\n<li>Inheritance, abatement and invalidity lawsuits and defending against them<\/li>\n<li>Advice on tax matters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Insurance and retirement provision<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pension fund and 3a pillar scheme<\/li>\n<li>Retirement and survivor\u2019s insurance and supplementary benefits<\/li>\n<li>Living will and power of attorney<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><mark>Marriage, cohabitation, non-traditional families<\/mark><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Marriage and property law advice (e.g. marriage contract)<\/li>\n<li>Legal protection of unmarried couples with children<\/li>\n<li>Legal security for unmarried couples when buying real estate<\/li>\n<li>Sale and transfer of real estate<\/li>\n<li>Advice on taxes and pensions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><mark>Name change<\/mark><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Advice and representation on name changes of private individuals<\/li>\n<li>Appeal against name change decisions<\/li>\n<li>Recognition of foreign decisions concerning the name\/changing of name in Switzerland\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Property law<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Property and its use<\/li>\n<li>Drafting of purchase contracts<\/li>\n<li>Liens and registration of easements<\/li>\n<li>Usufruct and right of abode<\/li>\n<li>Capital gains tax on property<\/li>\n<li>Property sales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u200b<mark>\u200bReproductive medicine, <\/mark><mark>surrogacy<\/mark><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Advice on sperm donation<\/li>\n<li>Advice on egg donation abroad<\/li>\n<li>Advice on surrogacy abroad (e.g. USA and other countries)<\/li>\n<li>Recognition of child-parent relationship established abroad through surrogacy in Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Recognition of foreign judgments (e.g. adoption) in Switzerland<br \/>Representation in proceedings before civil registry offices (registration of the child)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><mark>Same-sex<\/mark> couples and <mark>LGBTs<\/mark><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Partnership law, cohabitation<\/li>\n<li>Family planning for same-sex couples, including international circumstances<\/li>\n<li>Cooperation with organisation Swiss Rainbow Families<\/li>\n<li>Advice and representation in the adoption process<\/li>\n<li>Name change<\/li>\n<li>Property settlement agreement, wills, inheritance agreement<\/li>\n<li>Tax and pension advice\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2322\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Portrait<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2322\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2322\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h3>Languages<\/h3>\n<p>German, English, French<\/p>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt>2005<\/dt>\n<dd>Addmitted to the bar, canton of Berne<\/dd>\n<dt>2001<\/dt>\n<dd>Licentiate University St. Gallen (HSG)<\/dd>\n<dt>1986 &#8211; 1989<\/dt>\n<dd>Commercial apprenticeship, Winterthur<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Further training<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt>2021<\/dt>\n<dd>National Conference for Rainbow Families, speaker, Bern<\/dd><dt>2020<\/dt>\n<dd>Conference &#8220;children for all&#8221; of the Center of family science, speaker, Basel<\/dd><dt>2019<\/dt>\n<dd>International Surrogacy Forum, University of Cambridge<\/dd>\n<dt>2018<\/dt>\n<dd>National and international approach to regulating surrogacy, University of Lausanne<\/dd>\n<dt>2018<\/dt>\n<dd>Testifying ability from a geriatric point of view, Inheritance Law Section, Zurich<\/dd>\n<dt>2015<\/dt>\n<dd>International Surrogacy Symposium IAML, London<\/dd>\n<dt>2014<\/dt>\n<dd>\u201eFuture of reproductive medicine\u201c, Conference Universit\u00e4t Z\u00fcrich<\/dd>\n<dt>2014<\/dt>\n<dd>Matrimonial property law (SJWZ event)<\/dd>\n<dt>2013<\/dt>\n<dd>Estate planning in practice (SJWZ event)<\/dd>\n<dt>2013<\/dt>\n<dd>Combined prenuptial\/inheritance agreements (Specialist Unit Inheritance Law)<\/dd>\n<dt>2012<\/dt>\n<dd>Supplementary services and inheritance law (Specialist Unit Inheritance Law)<\/dd>\n<dt>2012<\/dt>\n<dd>Changes in the law on immovable property (SJWZ conference)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Professional activities<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt>2015<\/dt>\n<dd>Founded Schaub Hochl Rechtsanw\u00e4lte AG (Incorporated)<\/dd>\n<dt>2006<\/dt>\n<dd>Partner in the law firm Schaub Hochl<\/dd>\n<dt>2005 \u2013 2006<\/dt>\n<dd>Lawyer in a Winterthur-based law firm<\/dd>\n<dt>2003 \u2013 2005<\/dt>\n<dd>Legal adviser at Protekta Legal Protection Insurance in Berne<\/dd>\n<dt>2002 \u2013 2003<\/dt>\n<dd>Legal consultant at the court of the first instance in the canton of Berne<\/dd>\n<dt>2002<\/dt>\n<dd>Legal consultant in a Berne-based law firm<\/dd>\n<dt>2001<\/dt>\n<dd>Legal consultant at the Superior Court in the canton of Berne<\/dd>\n<dt>1997 \u2013 1999<\/dt>\n<dd>Administrative assistant in a St. Gallen-based law firm<\/dd>\n<dt>1993 \u2013 1996<\/dt>\n<dd>Touring theatre company in Zurich<\/dd>\n<dt>1986 \u2013 1990<\/dt>\n<dd>Commercial apprenticeship in a Winterthur-based law firm<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Memberships<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations<\/li>\n<li>Specialist Unit Inheritance Law of the Zurich Bar Association<\/li>\n<li>Specialist Unit Family Law of the Zurich Bar Association<\/li>\n<li>Successio Association<\/li>\n<li>Legal Services Pro Juventute, Inheritance Law<\/li>\n<li>Umbrella organisation Rainbow Families<\/li>\n<li>American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Family Law (Alternative Families Committee, Assisted Reproductive Technologies Committee)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2323\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2323\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2323\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h2>Subjects<\/h2><p><div class=\"publications-person\">\n<h3 class=\"publications-category\">Adoption<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-2366 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-adoption p841\" id=\"post-2366\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/adoption-at-a-glance\/\">Adoption at a glance<\/a><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"publications-category\">Name change<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-2962 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-name-change p841\" id=\"post-2962\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/change-of-name\/\">Change of name<\/a><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"publications-category\">Reproductive medicine and surrogacy<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-3773 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-reproductive-medicine-and-surrogacy p841\" id=\"post-3773\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/sperm-donation-egg-donation-and-surrogacy-zav-presentation-20-january-2026\/\">Sperm Donation, Egg Donation and Surrogacy \u2013 ZAV Presentation, 20 January 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-2950 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-reproductive-medicine-and-surrogacy p841\" id=\"post-2950\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/overview-of-surrogacy-in-switzerland\/\">Overview of Surrogacy in Switzerland<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-2913 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-reproductive-medicine-and-surrogacy p841\" id=\"post-2913\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/surrogacy-abroad-swiss-federal-court-judgement-of-7-february-2022\/\">Surrogacy abroad \u2013 Swiss Federal Court Judgement of 7 February 2022 (5A_545\/2020)<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-2873 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-reproductive-medicine-and-surrogacy p841\" id=\"post-2873\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/surrogacy-article-in-the-tagesanzeiger-of-9-february-2022\/\">Surrogacy &#8211; Article in the Tagesanzeiger of 9 February 2022<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-1548 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-reproductive-medicine-and-surrogacy p841\" id=\"post-1548\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/reproductive-medicine-in-switzerland-overview\/\">Reproductive Medicine in Switzerland &#8211; Overview<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-1537 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-reproductive-medicine-and-surrogacy p841\" id=\"post-1537\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/surrogacy-in-overview\/\">Surrogacy at a glance<\/a><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"publications-category\">Same-sex couples and LGBTs<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-2980 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-same-sex-couples-and-lgbts p841\" id=\"post-2980\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/marriage-for-all-and-children-in-switzerland\/\">&#8220;Marriage for all&#8221; and children in Switzerland<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-element publication post-2076 publications type-publications status-publish hentry publications_category-same-sex-couples-and-lgbts p841\" id=\"post-2076\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/publications\/transgender-people-gender-change-in-the-law\/\">Transgender People &#8211; gender change in the law<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney, lic. iur. 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