Key legal question
Whether maintenance had to be based on the marital standard during the separation period and whether the wife's needs included tax, housing upkeep, inflation and AHV expenses.
Extracted holding
The wife's reasonable maintenance was anchored in the standard actually lived during separation; tax burden, house upkeep and inflation were proper additional expenses, but AHV contributions as a non-employed person had to fall away once she became partially employed.
Extracted reasoning
The court upheld the inclusion of genuine new expenses that would reduce the wife's prior standard if not covered. It rejected the husband's objection to tax and house-maintenance items, but accepted that once the wife was deemed to earn income, her AHV treatment changed under the social-security rules.