Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the criminal complaint filed by the Oberamt in the wife’s name was valid for maintenance owed to the adult daughter X.
Decisione estratta
The complaint was valid only to the extent that the wife herself had standing to complain; because X. was already adult and the mother lacked authority to act for her, the complaint was invalid for X.'s maintenance.
Motivazione estratta
The Oberamt acted not in its own name but expressly as representative of the wife. A complaint by proxy is effective only within the scope of the represented person’s own complaint right. Since the mother had no power of representation over the adult daughter, the prosecution could not proceed for that part.