Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal of legal aid in the modification-of-divorce proceedings was lawful
Decisão extraída
The cantonal decision was set aside because the assessment of indigence was incomplete and the expected court and party costs had not been established.
Fundamentação extraída
Monthly housing costs including garage and agreed ancillary payment could not simply be excluded; the applicant's remaining surplus made repayment within one year uncertain, and the lower court failed to determine foreseeable legal costs.