Key legal question
Whether the relief request was inadmissible for failure to pay the advance of frustraire costs within the statutory time limit.
Extracted holding
Yes. The advance of costs was a strict admissibility requirement under cantonal procedure and the wife did not pay it in time.
Extracted reasoning
There was no excessive formalism: a party can be required to advance the costs within the prescribed deadline when duly informed of the amount, deadline, and consequences. The default judgment expressly mentioned the requirement, and no cantonal rule exempted payment because a nullity appeal was pending.