Kernrechtsfrage
Whether free legal aid had to be granted for the recusal proceedings
Extrahierter Entscheid
The refusal of free legal aid was lawful because the recusal proceedings were treated as a subsidiary/intermediate step covered by the free legal aid already granted for the main divorce case, unless exceptional additional effort arose.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under cantonal practice and § 129(3) ZPO/AG, legal aid granted at the start of the main process extends to connected intermediate proceedings. The recusal request was an intermediate proceeding within the divorce case, and the Federal Constitution is not violated by treating its legal-aid costs as absorbed by the main case.