Question juridique clé
Whether the interim child maintenance awarded by the first instance should be increased or upheld.
Solution extraite
The first-instance child support award was set aside and replaced with monthly advance payments of CHF 590 per child, plus child allowances.
Motifs extraits
The court accepted the father’s budget and income assessment as largely correct, but held that the mother’s argument for higher amounts did not prevail. Under the family-law support scheme and the official investigation principle, the court fixed the contribution according to the parents’ means and the children’s needs, while keeping the father’s family-law minimum protected.