Questão jurídica principal
Whether the separation order entitled the wife to definitive enforcement for July-August 2002 maintenance payments
Decisão extraída
No. The maintenance obligation under the separation order depended on the actual cessation of the common household; because the parties continued living together until 1 December 2002 by later agreement, no enforceable alimony arose for July and August 2002.
Fundamentação extraída
The order was treated as creating a periodic duty under Art. 176 ZGB, not as a judgment for an already existing debt. The debt enforcement judge could therefore examine whether the statutory conditions for the duty were in fact met. The cantonal courts' interpretation was not arbitrary.