Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal court arbitrarily found that the child's public assistance was only partial and that the father owed child support personally.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The cantonal court relied on an inadequate factual basis and could not conclude that the monthly CHF 250 support always corresponded to the uncovered part of the child's maintenance.
Fundamentação extraída
The records showed full assistance for earlier periods and unclear deductions for later periods. The cantonal court failed to determine precisely, if necessary ex officio, whether and to what extent the child’s maintenance was covered by public aid from 9 August 2000 onward. If public aid assumes maintenance, the claim is subrogated to the public authority.