Kernrechtsfrage
Whether parties in property division proceedings before the registrar have a right to free legal aid.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The applicable cantonal rules contain no basis for free legal aid before the registrar; only fee waiver or deferral may be available under the fee tariff, and that is not the same as a legal entitlement to legal aid.
Extrahierte Begründung
The proceeding is governed by the EG ZGB, the Administrative Procedure Act, and subsidiary regulations. Section 37 VRG on cost exemption applies only to appeal proceedings. The registrar may not decide unilaterally on fee waiver; this depends on the financial control or the finance department. The registrar’s procedure is voluntary jurisdiction aimed at an amicable settlement, and if the parties disagree they must go to the judge, where they may request legal aid. Because the registrar’s and court proceedings are fundamentally different, no analogous application of civil procedure rules on legal aid is justified.