Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the former holder of parental authority may, in her own name, enforce child support installments that fell due before the child reached majority.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Child support installments that became due while the child was still a minor may still be claimed in the former holder of parental authority's own name after the child's majority, if the claim concerns only arrears accruing during minority.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under Art. 289(1) CC, the child is the creditor, but payment to the legal representative discharges the obligation. Long-standing case law allows the holder of parental authority to sue and enforce child support in her own name. That procedural standing is not lost merely because majority occurs after the installments have already fallen due.