Partial Annulment of the Decision of the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen on Child Support and Pension Equalisation

Facts

- [A.A.] (Appellant) and [B.A.] (Respondent) have been married since 2008 and have two children together, [C.A.] and [D.A.] . - The Cantonal Court of St. Gallen regulated, among other things, child support and pension equalisation in its decision of 18 August 2017. - [A.A.] appealed against this decision to the Federal Supreme Court.

Considerations

- The Federal Supreme Court partially upholds the appeal: - It remands the case to the Cantonal Court to re-determine the family's needs, recalculate the child support based on the cost-of-living method, divide the childcare credits equally between the parties, and order the pension equalisation according to the new law. - In all other respects, it dismisses the appeal. - The Federal Supreme Court grants the parties legal aid for the federal court proceedings. - The…