Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the applicant met the requirements for legal aid under Art. 117 CPC, especially sufficient prospects of success.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The applicant was indigent and his action could not be regarded as lacking prospects of success at the summary assessment stage.
Extrahierte Begründung
The cantonal court prematurely decided the merits by excluding arrears tax debt from consideration. In return-to-better-fortune calculations, tax burdens may be relevant; arrears are not excluded in principle, and the one-year period concerns capitalization of income, not all liabilities.