Posts tagged #maintenance
All PostsMaintenance Claims during Incarceration
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has determined that the obligation to provide maintenance is suspended while an individual serves an extended prison sentence. Request for maintenance during incarceration In the init...
Austrian OGH on Parallel Representation in Maintenance Proceedings
Civil LawIn a recent ruling, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) clarified that the child and youth welfare agency (Kinder- und Jugendhilfeträger, hereinafter KJHT) and a parent may provide parallel representation of minor child...
Austrian OGH: Maintenance Duty Met Even with Conditional Payments
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has recently clarified how to calculate post-marital maintenance under Section 68a of the Austrian Marriage Act (hereinafter, EheG), also addressing the legal implications of maintena...
OGH on Rent Increase for Maintenance Work
Civil LawAccording to Section 3(2) no. 1 or no. 5 of the Austrian Tenancy Act (Mietrechtsgesetz, hereinafter MRG), insulating the roof may, in principle, constitute maintenance work. Accordingly, if there is a shortfall in coverage, an increase in principal r...
OGH: Landlords Must also Maintain Radiators
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has clarified that landlords’ recently stipulated new obligation to maintain ‘heating installations’ under Section 3(2)(2a) of the Austrian Tenancy Act (Mietrechtsgesetz, hereinafter ...