Key legal question
Whether the maintenance amount of CHF 22,500 was arbitrary
Extracted holding
The amount was arbitrary and had to be reassessed because the parties had to share the reduced standard of living more equally; the wife and child charges could not be fully shifted to the husband alone.
Extracted reasoning
Where spouses no longer live together, the increase in household costs requires both to accept a comparable reduction in lifestyle. The cantonal court left the husband with a much lower disposable amount than the family maintenance level it attributed to the wife and child.