Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court had to hear the child again under Art. 298 ZPO
Extracted holding
The court could rely on the existing expert report and decline a further personal hearing because the child was under strong loyalty conflict and a new interview promised no added value.
Extracted reasoning
Child hearing is required unless age or important reasons oppose it; here the recent, qualified expert assessment sufficiently covered the decisive points and a repeated hearing risked burdening the child without new findings.