Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal fee assessment for the child representative was unreasonably low and therefore arbitrary because it did not adequately consider the actual time spent.
Decisione estratta
The fee assessment was arbitrary in its result because the court applied a flat normal fee without sufficiently accounting for the reasonable time required in the specific case.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Court held that a child representative must be compensated in a way that allows diligent representation. The cantonal practice relied mainly on a standard basic fee and only percentage surcharges, which did not adequately reflect the effective and reasonable time spent, especially since the lower court had considered most billed steps relevant.