Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal court acted arbitrarily by suspending the husband's maintenance obligation based on future, hypothetical expenses and an assessed earning capacity.
Solution extraite
Yes. The court could not rely on speculative future costs to eliminate maintenance for an earlier period and had to decide on the basis of the facts known at the time, leaving later changes to modification proceedings.
Motifs extraits
The challenged court used expenses linked to later semi-detention and conditional release to nullify support owed for an earlier period. That was factually unfounded and legally unsustainable. Voluntary payments to an adult daughter could not replace legal duties toward the wife and minor child, and any later change in circumstances had to be addressed under modification rules.