Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the wife's base amount for calculating the subsistence minimum had to be reduced because she lived in a concubinage household.
Decisione estratta
No. For a single debtor living in a household with another adult, the applicable base amount remained CHF 1,100, and the partner's income could also be taken into account.
Motivazione estratta
The updated debt-enforcement guidelines no longer distinguish a separate category for single persons in household community. Since all base amounts were increased with the 15 February 2001 guidelines, halving the base amount would be arbitrary and inconsistent with the system. The shared household was sufficiently reflected by counting only half the rent.