Key legal question
Whether the husband's earning capacity in Belgium was assessed arbitrarily for child maintenance.
Extracted holding
No. The Federal Court found the complaint largely appellatory and held that the cantonal court could impute an income based on work as a secondary-school teacher in Belgium.
Extracted reasoning
The wife failed to show arbitrariness in the factual findings. The husband’s return to Switzerland was deemed unreasonable; therefore the relevant question was his present or hypothetical income in Belgium. The cantonal court’s assumptions about age, education, and local earning capacity were not shown to be untenable.