ATA/219/1997•Student grant eligibility despite no family taxpayer in Geneva
ATA/219/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberApr 8, 1997Granted
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An adult student contested the refusal of a study grant. The court held that, for Art. 19(3)(b) LEE, it is not necessary that the respondent or family member be taxable in Geneva. It further held that a student who proves the absence of a family household is economically independent on that basis alone and does not need to satisfy the additional five conditions of Art. 19(1)(a)-(e) LEE.
LEE art. 19 al. 3 let. b; study grants; absence of family household; economic independence; The beneficiary need not show that the respondent was taxable in Geneva. Where an adult student proves the absence of a family household within the meaning of Art. 19 al. 3 let. b LEE, that circumstance alone suffices to establish economic independence for grant purposes; the additional conditions of Art. 19 al. 1 let. a-e LEE do not cumulatively apply. The relevant criterion is the objective lack of family household, not the fiscal situation of the parents or respondent (consid. unspecified).
Descripteurs
ALLOCATION D'ETUDE; FAMILLE; MENAGE COMMUN; DEFAUT(CONTUMACE); ETUDIANT; MAJORITE(AGE); IP
Normes
LEE.19 al.3 litt.b
Résumé
Il n'est pas nécessaire que le répondant d'un étudiant ait été contribuable à Genève pour que l'étudiant puisse bénéficier d'une allocation sur la base de l'art. 19 al. 3 litt. b LEE (défaut du groupe familial). L'étudiant majeur qui apporte la preuve du défaut de groupe familial au sens de l'article 19 alinéa 3 lettre b LEE (en l'espèce, depuis des années avant sa majorité, sans nouvelles de ses parents divorcés) doit être considéré comme économiquement indépendant à ce seul titre, sans qu'il ait à satisfaire au surplus aux cinq conditions énoncées à l'article 19 alinéa 1 lettres a à e LEE.
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Whether a student must show that the respondent was a taxpayer in Geneva to benefit under Art. 19(3)(b) LEE.
No. Eligibility under Art. 19(3)(b) LEE does not require proof that the respondent was a taxpayer in Geneva.
The court held that the decisive element is the absence of a family household, not the tax status of the respondent in Geneva.
Whether an adult student who proves the absence of a family household must also satisfy the five conditions of Art. 19(1)(a)-(e) LEE.
No. Once the student proves the absence of a family household under Art. 19(3)(b) LEE, the student is economically independent on that basis alone and need not additionally meet the five conditions of Art. 19(1)(a)-(e) LEE.
The court treated the proof of the absence of the family household as sufficient in itself to establish economic independence for grant eligibility.
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