Key legal question
Whether the cantonal remand decision was based on an incorrect transitional application of the higher asset exemption under Art. 11 Abs. 1 lit. c ELG.
Extracted holding
Yes. The higher exemption had not yet entered into force on 1 December 2010 and could not be applied.
Extracted reasoning
The amendment increasing the exemption to CHF 37,500 for single persons was postponed to 1 January 2011, so the authority correctly used the then applicable CHF 25,000 exemption.