Key legal question
Whether the appeal was filed within the 30-day deadline after deemed service of the KESB decision.
Extracted holding
The decision was deemed served on the seventh day after the unsuccessful delivery attempt, even though that day fell on a public holiday and the post extended pickup by one day; the appeal period therefore started the next day and expired on 2017-01-25.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 138(3)(a) CPC and cantonal practice, the deemed-service rule applies on the seventh day after the failed delivery attempt. The pickup period is not a procedural deadline, so it is not extended to the next working day when the seventh day is a holiday. The postal extension did not affect the legal fiction of service.