Question juridique clé
Whether the criminal complaint under Art. 217 StGB was timely despite repeated late maintenance payments
Solution extraite
The complaint was timely because the limitation period began only after the last continuous culpable non-payment in each period.
Motifs extraits
Maintenance non-payment is a continuing offence; while the debtor continues culpably to withhold payment, the complaint period starts only with the last culpable omission. The payments up to 31 January 2007 were late, so the complaint of 11 April 2007 was timely, and later complaints were also timely.