Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the cantonal refusal of legal aid violated Art. 29(3) BV because the maintenance-reduction action was not hopeless.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. On the factual findings, the requested modification had very low prospects of success and was properly treated as hopeless.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Federal Court accepted the cantonal court's income assessment as not arbitrary and held that the appellant had not shown a relevant deterioration of his financial situation; therefore a prudent litigant would not have pursued the action at his own expense.