Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court acted arbitrarily by underestimating the appellant’s rent when assessing his ability to pay spousal maintenance.
Extracted holding
Yes. The file showed a higher personal housing cost than the cantonal court had assumed, and with the corrected expenses the appellant could not pay the ordered maintenance without affecting his minimum subsistence level.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court found a manifestly inaccurate factual finding based on the lease contract and hearing record. Once the monthly rent share was corrected, total expenses exceeded the remaining income margin, making the maintenance order unsustainable under the arbitrariness standard.