Key legal question
Whether the refusal of free legal aid and free legal representation violated Art. 29(3) BV because the underlying appeal was not hopeless.
Extracted holding
The appeal on the social assistance issue lacked sufficient prospects of success; therefore, denial of free legal representation was lawful.
Extracted reasoning
The applicant could have covered her living expenses through ordinary work near her residence, and social assistance was subsidiarily unavailable for financing the planned education. For the daughter’s school costs, the biological father had to be pursued first. In these circumstances, the cantonal court could deem the appeal hopeless.