Key legal question
Whether the wife’s post-marital maintenance should be limited to CHF 2,600 per month and end on 31 January 2009.
Extracted holding
No. The appellate court could rely on the marital standard of living and was not bound by maintenance agreed during separation; the confirmed support was not shown to be bedarfsdeckend, and the pension component justified the higher amount.
Extracted reasoning
A long marriage with a classic homemaker role made the marital standard of living decisive. Interim separation payments are not automatically equal to the maintenance due under Art. 125 ZGB, especially absent proof that they covered the full need.