Key legal question
Whether the refusal of legal aid for lack of proven indigence was lawful.
Extracted holding
The refusal was unlawful because the available municipal certificate showed unemployment, no income, dependence on the spouse, and debts; the finding that indigence was unproven was arbitrary.
Extracted reasoning
The applicant had submitted a certificate concerning income and assets. The cantonal court ignored that document and could not, without violating good faith, treat the duty of cooperation as unfulfilled. If further documents were needed, it should have requested them.