Question juridique clé
Whether the husband’s income reduction justified modification of the divorce maintenance order under Art. 129 ZGB.
Solution extraite
Yes. The reduction was substantial, lasting, and unforeseeable, so the maintenance order had to be adapted proportionally.
Motifs extraits
The court compared the husband’s disposable income at the divorce and at the judgment date, found an approximately 18% drop in earning capacity, and held that this constituted an important change of circumstances.