Questão jurídica principal
How to interpret Art. 12(1) Geneva Family Allowances Act on arrears and prescription
Decisão extraída
The provision allows only two years of arrears, but these may be claimed within a five-year period from the date the beneficiary learned of the right; it does not grant five years of arrears.
Fundamentação extraída
The wording is clarified by the legislative history and the symmetry with the restitution limitation in Art. 12(3) LAF. The cantonal interpretation was therefore not arbitrary.