Question juridique clé
Whether the refusal of legal aid for the administrative appeal proceedings was lawful, in particular whether the appellant was indigent.
Solution extraite
The refusal was lawful because the appellant and his spouse had sufficient assets to cover procedural costs, even though their monthly income did not allow a sufficient surplus.
Motifs extraits
The court found the lower court's income calculation flawed but held that the couple's assets, including their share in an undivided inheritance, were sufficient and not shown to be unavailable for financing litigation. The appellant failed to prove that a loan or other funding secured by the inheritance share was impossible.