Question juridique clé
Whether the withdrawal of legal aid for the cantonal appeal was lawful because the maintenance claim was allegedly hopeless.
Solution extraite
No. The prospects could not yet be assessed with sufficient certainty, so the appeal was not hopeless within the meaning of Article 29(3) BV.
Motifs extraits
The appellate court had only the notice of appeal, not the substantive new arguments. The appeal procedure allowed new submissions, and the uncertainty over the father's financial capacity meant the maintenance issue was still open.