Question juridique clé
Whether a hypothetical income could be imputed to the husband for family maintenance despite his recent incapacity for work and unemployment.
Solution extraite
The cantonal court failed to apply the two-step test for imputing hypothetical income; the case had to be sent back for fresh findings on whether work can reasonably be required and, if so, what work and income are realistically achievable.
Motifs extraits
The court must first decide in law whether work can reasonably be demanded, considering health, age and training, then in fact whether the person can actually obtain such work on the labor market. The cantonal court skipped this analysis and relied on an abstract expectation that the husband's income would soon return to about CHF 5,000.