Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal courts violated Art. 29(3) BV by refusing legal aid for the proceedings
Decisão extraída
The refusal violated the constitutional right to legal aid because the appeals were not manifestly hopeless.
Fundamentação extraída
Given unclear cantonal law, an incorrect remedies notice, and no clear published precedent, the father could not be expected to foresee that the complaints had clearly worse prospects than risks.