Key legal question
Whether the divorce maintenance order should be modified because the debtor's economic situation had materially and durably deteriorated.
Extracted holding
No. The debtor did not prove a significant, durable and unforeseeable deterioration; his imputed and effective resources remained sufficient.
Extracted reasoning
The court accepted that an old-divorce maintenance award may be reduced or removed only upon a material and lasting change. It found that the debtor could be charged with a substantial income from his professional capacity and with the full net yield of the villa Z. through his effective influence over the Liechtenstein foundation, so his overall financial situation had not worsened enough to justify modification.