Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the refusal of cantonal legal aid for the appeal was lawful because the appeal was allegedly hopeless.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was not hopeless on the legal-aid issue and on the custody issue; the refusal of legal aid was therefore unjustified.
Extrahierte Begründung
The father had in substance requested legal aid at first instance, and a mislabelled appeal should not have been treated as hopeless; moreover, the custody challenge could not be assessed as without prospects at the summary stage given the 17-year-old son's expressed wish and the need for further child-welfare inquiry.