Question juridique clé
Whether the maintenance due to the ex-wife under the divorce judgment should be suppressed or reduced due to changed circumstances and hypothetical income.
Solution extraite
The cantonal court had to assess not only the husband's actual reduced income, but also whether he could reasonably earn the higher former income again; the matter was remitted for fresh assessment.
Motifs extraits
Modification of a divorce maintenance order requires an important, lasting, and unforeseeable change. A voluntary reduction of income does not automatically justify lowering maintenance; the decisive question is whether the debtor can still obtain a higher income through reasonable effort. The cantonal court failed to examine this legally relevant capacity question.