Insolvency justifies stopping maintenance advances

ATA/542/1997Cour de justice / Chambre administrative9 sept. 1997Dismissed

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Résumé Omnilex

The court held that three debt enforcement proceedings concluded by certificates of unpaid debts, combined with a pending criminal case in which the hearing yielded nothing adverse, were enough to establish the debtor’s durable insolvency. On that basis, the authority was entitled to discontinue maintenance advances under the applicable cantonal rule.

Regeste Omnilex

LARPA.11; cessation of maintenance advances on account of insolvency; durable insolvency may be inferred from repeated debt enforcement failures culminating in certificates of unpaid debts, especially where additional pending proceedings do not reveal assets or income. The assessment is based on an overall appreciation of the debtor’s economic situation; isolated or merely temporary difficulties are insufficient, but a continuing inability to satisfy creditors justifies discontinuance of advances (consid. unspecified).

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Descripteurs

OBLIGATION D'ENTRETIEN; AVANCE(EN GENERAL); INSOLVABILITE; SUPPRESSION(EN GENERAL); IP

Normes

LARPA.11

Résumé

Trois poursuites soldées par des actes de défaut de biens, ainsi qu'une procédure pénale en cours, dont une audience n'a rien révélé à charge du débiteur, suffisent pour conclure à son insolvabilité durable et pour cesser le versement des avances.

Mots-clés

maintenance advancesinsolvencycertificates of unpaid debtssupportdiscontinuance

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Question juridique clé

Whether durable insolvency was established so as to stop maintenance advances under cantonal law.

Solution extraite

Yes. The available enforcement outcomes, together with the pending criminal proceedings and the hearing results, were sufficient to establish durable insolvency.

Motifs extraits

Repeated debt enforcement failures and the absence of incriminating findings in the criminal hearing showed that the debtor’s financial situation was not temporary but lasting; advances could therefore be discontinued.

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