Facts
Husband [B.] (appellant) and wife [K.] (respondent) married in 1971 and became parents of a daughter and a son. The wife managed the household and cared for the children, but also worked part-time as a seamstress/tailor and later in the care sector. The husband was employed full-time. In 1981, the wife received a plot of building land from her father, on which the family built a residential house with an in-law apartment. In spring 2002, the spouses separated.
In 2004, the wife filed for divorce, to which the husband did not object. The District Court of Uri dissolved the marriage and regulated the financial consequences of the divorce. The husband challenged the regulation of post-marital maintenance and the division of matrimonial property by filing a cantonal appeal. The High Court of the Canton of Uri partially upheld the appeal.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court examined the husband's appeal against the High Court's decision. It concluded that the High Court rightly rejected the husband's requests for reimbursement claims against the wife's separate property in connection with the house construction. The High…