Key legal question
Whether punishment for willful failure to support family violates the federal constitutional ban on debt imprisonment.
Extracted holding
No. Punishment for willful breach of family-support duties is not prohibited debt imprisonment under Art. 59(3) of the Federal Constitution.
Extracted reasoning
Following its interpretation in Sollberger, the court held that sanctions for malicious non-performance of parental support duties do not constitute constitutionally forbidden debt imprisonment.