Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the children had to be personally heard under Art. 298 Abs. 1 ZPO before deciding custody
Extrahierter Entscheid
The children's first hearing was required; the refusal violated Art. 298 Abs. 1 ZPO.
Extrahierte Begründung
The statutory exceptions did not apply: the daughter was well above the hearing threshold and the son was just below it but could also be heard as a sibling. The prior 2010 reports were not a substitute for an actual first hearing, and general reference to the burden of hearing children is not a legal reason to omit it.