Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the applicant is entitled to a retroactive waiver of the court costs of CHF 500.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The request was denied because the underlying appeal had been found hopeless and a later waiver of procedural costs is excluded in such circumstances; the applicant had also benefited from an unjustified deferral for years.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under Art. 112 CPC, costs may be deferred or waived for lasting indigence, but post hoc waiver is not available where legal aid was refused for hopelessness. The prior proceedings had repeatedly been assessed as hopeless, and a later case showed lack of indigence and abusive conduct.