Key legal question
Whether the appellant could obtain an OHG cost guarantee for her own lawyer's fees in the planned civil action
Extracted holding
Yes. Victim assistance may cover lawyer costs for a civil claim when the applicant is needy and the action is not hopeless; the victim need not first exhaust the criminal-adhesion route.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 3 OHG also covers legal assistance in a separate civil proceeding. The appellant's financial situation justified aid, and the action was pending shortly, so lack of current necessity could not be used to deny it.