Key legal question
Whether the father’s claimed loan debt of CHF 40,000 should be recognized in full as existing before the relevant date.
Extracted holding
Only CHF 22,500 was proven to have existed before 5 June 2003; the remainder was not sufficiently established.
Extracted reasoning
The appellate court could critically assess the father’s later confirmation as less credible, especially since no 2003 tax return was filed and only the car payment of CHF 22,500 was concretely shown before the relevant date.