Question juridique clé
Whether, in a maintenance action under Art. 279 ZGB, the court may order the defendant parent to pay a process cost advance as a provisional measure under Art. 281 ZGB.
Solution extraite
Yes. The court states that the necessary provisional measures under Art. 281 ZGB also include an obligation to advance litigation costs.
Motifs extraits
The parental support duty takes precedence over legal aid. By analogy to Art. 145 ZGB, Art. 281 ZGB uses broad wording ('necessary provisional measures'), which supports a non-exhaustive list of available measures. The contrary view is rejected.