Key legal question
Whether the cantonal appeal had to be entered despite unquantified requests for reduction of child support.
Extracted holding
The appeal court correctly treated the appeal as defective because the appellant sought a reduction without stating the amount, and the written reasoning did not clearly reveal a specific payable amount or a complete elimination of support.
Extracted reasoning
Under the ZPO, monetary requests in an appeal must be quantified; this applies even in child-support matters subject to official investigation. Non-entry is required for unquantified requests unless the reasoning makes the sought relief or amount unmistakable. Here the reasoning showed only a general desire for reduction, not a clearly determinable amount.