Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal judgment had to be annulled insofar as it granted federal supplementary benefits after deducting ordinary expenses from hypothetical assets.
Decisione estratta
The federal law on supplementary benefits did not allow the cantonal court to offset ordinary living expenses against the hypothetical assets stemming from the disposals; the administration's calculation was to be followed.
Motivazione estratta
Ordinary expenses, including taxes and other living costs, are already covered by the needs allowance under Art. 10 LPC. Only a direct and temporally close link between a disposal and a corresponding counter-value can exclude a disposal; that was not shown here. The respondent also failed to explain convincingly the large reductions in assets.