BGE 82 II 215•Non-entry on appeal for failure to exhaust cantonal remedies
BGE 82 II 215Federal Supreme Court Official Reports (BGE) / Band IIMay 31, 1956Inadmissible
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Eggimann challenged the Zürich authorities' measures concerning her guardianship. The district council had refused to lift the guardianship, while the cantonal justice directorate lifted it but replaced it with assistant guardianship. The Federal Court held that Eggimann had not exhausted the ordinary cantonal remedies and therefore could not proceed with her appeal. As a consequence, the district council's cross-appeal against the lifting of guardianship also lapsed under Art. 59(4) OG.
Art. 59 Abs. 4 OG; non-exhaustion of ordinary cantonal remedies and fate of a cross-appeal; the Federal Court does not enter into an appeal where the appellant has not exhausted the ordinary cantonal instances. If the main appeal is inadmissible, the cross-appeal falls away by operation of law. In matters concerning guardianship and assistant guardianship decided in an administrative procedure under cantonal law, the district council acts as deciding authority, not as a party to later federal proceedings.
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Der Bezirksrat Zürich wies das von der Vormundschaftsbehörde der Stadt Zürich unterstützte Gesuch der Frau Eggimann um Aufhebung der für sie bestehenden Vormundschaft ab. Die Justizdirektion des Kantons Zürich, an die Frau Eggimann rekurrierte, hob die Vormundschaft auf, stellte Frau Eggimann dagegen "im Sinne von Art. 395 Ab. 1 Ziff. 1 ZGB" unter Mitwirkungsbeiratschaft. Das Bundesgericht tritt auf die Berufung, mit der Frau Eggimann die vollständige Wiederherstellung ihrer Handlungsfähigkeit verlangte, mangels Erschöpfung der ordentlichen kantonalen Rechtsmittel nicht ein (vgl. hiezuBGE 67 II 205f. und den vorstehenden Entscheid i.S. Hiestand) und stellt fest, dass infolgedessen die gegen die Aufhebung der Vormundschaft gerichtete Anschlussberufung des Bezirksrates Zürich dahinfalle.
Aus den Erwägungen:
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Whether the Federal Court could enter Eggimann's appeal seeking full restoration of legal capacity.
The Court could not enter the appeal because ordinary cantonal remedies had not been exhausted.
Failure to exhaust the available cantonal remedies barred federal appellate review.
Whether the district council's cross-appeal against the lifting of guardianship remained pending.
The cross-appeal fell away once the main appeal was inadmissible.
Under Art. 59(4) OG, a cross-appeal is extinguished if the main appeal cannot be entertained.
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