Whether the appeal against the first-instance decision was admissible beyond the costs ruling.
No. Under Art. 265a para. 1 LP, the first-instance decision on the objection to non-return to better fortune is not appealable; only the costs ruling could be challenged.
The appellant did not contest the costs part of the pronouncement. Since the appeal attacked only the merits of the admissibility/merits of the objection, and that part is not subject to appeal, the appeal was inadmissible.