Key legal question
Whether the refusal of civil legal aid was compatible with Art. 29(3) BV when rental income was counted without related property expenses.
Extracted holding
No; income from the leased property could not be counted without also considering the corresponding expenses, and the case had to be reassessed.
Extracted reasoning
Need is determined by the overall financial situation. It is unconstitutional to allocate rental income while excluding the necessary costs of generating that income, because this attributes disposable income that the applicants do not fully have at their disposal.