Questione giuridica chiave
Whether cantonal supplementary AVS/AI benefits are absolutely exempt from seizure.
Decisione estratta
Yes. Cantonal supplementary benefits granted under cantonal law implementing the federal supplementary benefits scheme are covered by the statutory exemption from enforcement and are therefore absolutely unseizable.
Motivazione estratta
The federal exemption in Art. 20 LPC and Art. 92(1)(9a) LP applies to supplementary benefits as such and is not limited to federal benefits only. The cantonal scheme pursues the same purpose, namely covering vital needs, and the cantonal non-seizability clause adds no separate scope beyond federal law.