Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal was admissible against the cantonal department and guardianship authority decisions.
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible insofar as it targeted the departmental decision and the guardianship authority's orders, because federal appeal lay only against final decisions of the higher cantonal courts.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 48(1) OG, only final decisions of the superior cantonal court are appealable; lower administrative and guardianship orders are outside that scope.