Questão jurídica principal
Whether the husband’s income reduction justified modification of the divorce maintenance order under Art. 129 ZGB.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The reduction was substantial, lasting, and unforeseeable, so the maintenance order had to be adapted proportionally.
Fundamentação extraída
The court compared the husband’s disposable income at the divorce and at the judgment date, found an approximately 18% drop in earning capacity, and held that this constituted an important change of circumstances.