Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the cantonal appeal court violated the right to be heard by relying on newly obtained case files without giving the parties an opportunity to comment.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The newly joined files could form the basis of the decision, so the appellant had to be allowed to comment on them before judgment.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court had asked for a written appeal procedure and then added the files from the wife's false-accusation case, but it did not open a further exchange or otherwise invite comments. Since it expressly relied on those documents in assessing credibility and the factual context, the appellant's procedural rights were infringed.