Key legal question
Whether the complaint could challenge matters beyond the release decision and the communal council decision itself.
Extracted holding
The court would not examine objections going beyond the subject matter of the release decision, and it would not entertain direct challenges to the communal council decision.
Extracted reasoning
The cantonal authorities decided only on release from the clinic under Arts. 397a ff. ZGB; issues concerning the conditions and treatment of the placement belonged to a separate cantonal proceeding. The administrative court had full review power, so the communal decision could not be separately attacked.