Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the applicant was entitled to free legal aid and appointed counsel in the cantonal protective-measures proceedings under Article 29(3) BV.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The application was not hopeless, and the case was sufficiently important and legally difficult to require counsel.
Extrahierte Begründung
A request is not hopeless when the success and loss prospects are roughly balanced or the chances of success are only slightly lower. The complaint about the lack of hearing and the request for reconsideration could not be treated as hopeless because the hearing was a central element of fact-finding and due process. The applicant also faced issues a layperson could not reasonably handle alone.