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ATA/406/1998•SCARPA may not stop child support advances after guardian change
ATA/406/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJun 30, 1998Granted
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The case concerns SCARPA's decision to stop child support advances after the mother's death and the transfer of parental authority to the stepfather. The court held that neither the change in the child's legal representative nor the fact that the maintenance contribution had been determined on the basis of the deceased mother's income justified ending the advances. The advances remained payable for the child.
CC 228 para. 1; child support advances may not be discontinued merely because the child's legal representative has changed or because the maintenance contribution was originally assessed on the basis of the deceased mother's income. The decisive factor is the child's continuing entitlement to maintenance advances; a change in the person administering the claim does not extinguish the child's substantive right. The authority must therefore continue payments so long as the statutory conditions for advances are otherwise met.
Descripteurs
OBLIGATION D'ENTRETIEN; AVANCE(EN GENERAL); SUPPRESSION(EN GENERAL); CREANCIER; IP
Normes
CC.228 al.1
Résumé
Le Scarpa ne peut cesser le versement d'avances destinées à un enfant pour le motif que son représentant légal a changé (décès de la mère, transfert de l'autorité parentale au beau-père). Le Service cantonal de recouvrement des pensions alimentaires (SCARPA) ne peut cesser le versement d'avances destinées à un enfant aux motifs que sa mère est décédée et que la contribution d'entretien fixée l'avait été en fonction des revenus de la défunte.
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Whether SCARPA could discontinue child support advances because the child's legal representative changed after the mother's death.
No. A change in the child's legal representative does not justify stopping advances intended for the child.
The entitlement to advances is tied to the child's maintenance need, not to the identity of the legal representative receiving them.
Whether SCARPA could stop advances because the maintenance contribution had been calculated on the deceased mother's income.
No. The fact that the original maintenance contribution was based on the deceased mother's income does not by itself justify discontinuing advances.
The death of the mother does not eliminate the child's claim to advances where the underlying maintenance obligation remains relevant.
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