Question juridique clé
Whether the Federal Court could hear a request to change child custody on the basis of new facts arising after its earlier divorce judgment.
Solution extraite
The request was not a revision under Art. 192 of the federal civil procedure rules, but a new claim based on later facts; the Federal Court had no competence to decide such a custody-transfer request.
Motifs extraits
The court held that no law conferred on it authority to decide applications seeking deprivation or transfer of parental custody for alleged failure to fulfill parental duties. Such matters belong exclusively to the competent cantonal courts or administrative authorities.