Divorce Decree Supplementation Regarding Post-2007 Child Support Obligations

The appeal court confirmed the lower court's decision to supplement a gap in a 1996 divorce decree regarding child support obligations for the period starting January 1, 2007, affirming that a previously issued provisional measure setting the monthly support amount at CHF 750 per child was permissible in this supplementary proceeding. The court reasoned that since the children had not yet completed their initial vocational training, their right to support continued, and the appellant's argument that the children had been fully compensated via a lump-sum settlement was rejected because the statutory requirements for such a binding settlement under Article 288 of the Civil Code, including judicial approval and payment into a designated account, were not met, meaning the ongoing maintenance obligation must be determined based on Article 285 of the Civil Code, not requiring a demonstration of significant change in circumstances as in a typical decree modification case.