Questão jurídica principal
Whether the federal appeal was admissible against the cantonal ruling, including the part on free legal aid
Decisão extraída
The appeal was admissible as to the refusal of the name change, but inadmissible regarding the request to overturn the decision on free legal aid.
Fundamentação extraída
The name-change refusal was a civil-law matter reviewable by federal appeal, whereas the legal-aid part rested on cantonal or constitutional law and had to be challenged by other means.