Facts

- [A.A.] (Appellant) is the son of [B.A.] (Respondent) and [C.A.] . The parents are divorced. - By judgment of 17 May 2011, [B.A.] was ordered to pay his then minor son monthly maintenance contributions of CHF 1,500.--. - On 21 February 2012, [A.A.] reached the age of majority. He first attended a private secondary school in France and commenced studies at the University of [E.] in London in September 2013. - On 4 February 2013, [A.A.] initiated conciliation proceedings against [B.A.] and on 22 April 2013 filed a civil lawsuit for the payment of monthly maintenance contributions of CHF 1,500.-- retroactively from 1 March 2012. - The District Court of Baden upheld the claim. The High Court of the Canton of Aargau confirmed the decision in principle, but awarded the Appellant the maintenance contributions only from 1 January 2015.

Considerations

- The Federal Supreme Court upholds the appeal and orders the Respondent to pay the Appellant CHF 1,500.-- per month plus any possible education allowances from 1 March 2012 until the ordinary completion of his studies. - The Respondent was already obliged to pay maintenance before the Appellant reached…