Questione giuridica chiave
Whether legal aid could be granted retroactively from the first application date despite an intervening unsuccessful claim for a litigation advance against the husband.
Decisione estratta
Yes. This was not a case of true retroactivity barred by Art. 29(3) BV, because the second request merely renewed the first one and the applicant had timely sought aid. The failed collection of the litigation advance could not be shifted onto her.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that the applicant was never in a position to finance the proceedings herself and should not bear the risk that the maintenance advance became unrecoverable. Treating the husband’s later insolvency or departure as equivalent to the applicant’s own loss of income misconstrued the constitutional guarantee.