Key legal question
Whether the federal civil appeal was admissible despite the cantonal court's view that the dispute value was below CHF 30,000.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible because the capitalized value of the recurring child support claim exceeded CHF 30,000.
Extracted reasoning
For recurring payments, the dispute value equals the capital value; where duration is uncertain, it is twenty times the annual amount. A monthly child support of CHF 510 yields CHF 122,400.