Key legal question
From which date may a modification judgment abolishing maintenance take effect?
Extracted holding
The effects may not be brought forward before the filing of the modification action; at the earliest, they may run from the date of lis pendens of that action.
Extracted reasoning
Under federal case law, equity may justify a later start date, but not an earlier one. The creditor must take account of the possibility of reduction only once the action is filed; a failed conciliation attempt does not create lis pendens under Ticino procedure.