Key legal question
Which court must issue the partial res judicata certificate and notify the authorities when only ancillary parts of a divorce judgment are appealed?
Extracted holding
If the divorce point itself is not challenged on appeal, the partial finality certificate may be issued only by the appellate court on the basis of the appeal and cross-appeal requests; the same court must also notify the competent civil registry offices and guardianship authority. In all other cases, these tasks belong to the first instance.
Extracted reasoning
The appellate court determines the scope of the appeal through the appeal and cross-appeal requests. Because the legal effects of finality concerning the divorce depend on that appellate scope, the certificate and the statutory notifications follow the appellate determination. Only where no such appellate allocation is needed do these tasks remain with the first instance.