Key legal question
Whether an applicant for unentgeltlicher Rechtsbeistand must also show a need for legal representation.
Extracted holding
Yes. The entitlement to free legal counsel depends not only on the statutory conditions expressly mentioned in the ZPO, but also on the applicant's need for counsel to safeguard rights.
Extracted reasoning
The court treated the need for counsel as an unwritten prerequisite inherent in the institution of free legal assistance as a whole and confirmed its earlier practice.