Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal court wrongly refused to treat the father's prolonged unemployment as a new and durable fact justifying modification of child maintenance.
Decisione estratta
The court held that unemployment lasting more than four months can, depending on the concrete circumstances, qualify as a new fact; the cantonal court erred by refusing to examine those circumstances.
Motivazione estratta
Modification under Art. 286(2) CC by way of Art. 134(2) CC requires new, important and lasting facts at the date of the modification request. While unemployment itself had been mentioned in the 2012 judgment, its prolonged duration could still amount to a new fact. The cantonal court failed to assess the concrete economic context once the unemployment exceeded the four-month threshold.