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Partial divorce judgment makes reform appeal inadmissible

BGE 40 II 292Raccolta ufficiale del Tribunale federale (DTF) / Volume II8 apr 1914Inadmissible

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The cantonal court dissolved the marriage but left custody of the child and maintenance unresolved for a later ruling after receiving the tutelary authority’s opinion. The wife nevertheless brought a reform appeal to the Federal Court, repeating her divorce claims and requesting custody and alimony. The Federal Court held that reform appeals are admissible only against final judgments on the merits. Because the cantonal decision expressly reserved the consequences of divorce, it was only a partial judgment. The appeal was therefore premature and the Federal Court refused to enter into the matter.

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Art. 58 OJF; reform appeal against a cantonal judgment that decides only part of the claims is inadmissible. A judgment is not final on the merits where the cantonal court expressly reserves remaining conclusions, in particular the consequences of divorce, for a later decision. Such a partial judgment cannot be attacked by reform appeal before the supplementary decision is rendered; the remedy is premature and results in non-entry (consid. 1).

Testo completo

  1. Arrit de la U .ection civile du 27 mai 191i dans la cause Villard contre VUlard. Art. 58 OJF. Arret cantonal statuant sur Ia question de divorce et reservant pour une decision ulterieure les con- clusions relatives aux consequences du divorce. Recours en reforme irrecevable. La recourante a demande le divorce contre son mari, conc1uant a ce que l'enfant ne du mariage lui soit confie et a ce qu'il lui soit attribue une pension alimentaire de 40 fr. par mois. Le mari a conclu a liberation et reconveu- tionnellement au divorce contre sa femme, avec attribu- tion de l' enfant au pere. Le 8 avril 1914, le Tribunal c3utonal a prononce le ivorce contre la demanderesse, lui a interdit de se marier ;pendant un an et a sursis a sa decision en ce qui concerne l'attribution de l'enfant et sa pension alimentaire jus- qu'a ce qu'i! ait re u le preavis de l'autorite tutelaire de la Chaux-de-Fonds. Dame Villard a recouru en reforme au Tribunal fMeral en reprenant les conc1usions de sa demande. Statuant sur ces faits et considerant eu droit: qne le recours en reformen'est recevable que contre les jugements au fond, que les jugements partiels, c'est-a-dire ceux qui ne statuent que sur une partie des conclusions prises en cause, ne sont pas des jugements an fond, au sens de rart. 58 OJF (voir entre autres RO 30 II p. 479), qu'en I'espece le Tribunal cantonal a expressement reserve pour un jugement ulterieur sa decision sur les conclusionsrelatives a l'attribution de l'enfant et a la pension alimelltaire, que le recours contre ce jugement partiel est des lors

remature et ne pourra etre exerce qu'une fois la decision P . d complemcntalfe ren ue. Par ces motifs, le Tribunal fMeral prononce: Il n'est pas entre en matiere sur le recours. VIII. SCHULDBETREmUNGS-UND KONKURSRECHT POURSUITES ET FAILLITES Siehe III. Teil N° 35 u. 36. -Voir IIIe partie n

35 et 36. I

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divorcepartial judgmentfinal judgmentinadmissibilitymaintenancechild custodyreform appeal

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether a reform appeal is admissible against a cantonal judgment that decides only on divorce and reserves the consequences of divorce for later.

Decisione estratta

No. A reform appeal lies only against a final judgment on the merits; a partial judgment reserving remaining conclusions is not such a judgment.

Motivazione estratta

The cantonal court expressly postponed its decision on child allocation and alimony. Under Art. 58 OJF, the appeal was therefore premature and could only be filed once the supplementary decision was rendered.

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