Personal and family law

Personal and family law

When you get divorced, the marriage between the partners is terminated. Good agreements must be made between the partners. What is important to arrange when you get divorced are:
– Child and spousal support
– Visitation arrangement
– Division of assets
– Inheritance law (after the divorce)

Mediation:
When partners are getting or want to divorce, they can also choose to engage a mediation lawyer instead of hiring a divorce lawyer.
The benefits of engaging a mediation lawyer are:

• The settlement of the divorce is faster than if the partners have to wait for the judge's ruling;
• Focus is placed on how the partners can resolve the conflict;
• Attention is paid to the interests of the children and;
• The mediator has a confidential role.

Child and spousal support

When a couple wishes to divorce and children are involved in the separation, the children are entitled to child support. Until the children reach the age of 21, both parents are responsible for the costs of living and education. Therefore, it is important to draw up a parenting plan and make agreements regarding upbringing and important matters concerning the children. If one parent earns more than the other, the higher earner may also pay more child support. The amount of child benefit to be paid will be determined by the judge.

If a parent pays child support, they must also pay spousal support to the ex-partner until the child or children reach the age of 18. The general rule is that the duration of spousal support is a maximum of half the year of the marriage. The amount of spousal support is determined by looking at the family income that applied during the marriage.

Visitation arrangement

When a visitation arrangement is in place, the minor child or children live with one of the parents. The choice is made by the judge or mutually by the partners. The days on which the child or children stay can also be determined by the judge or by the parents.

A parent not only has the right to see the child or children, but is also obliged to establish a visitation arrangement and comply with it. The legislator considers this to be in the best interest of the child; it brings peace and regularity.

Division of assets

When partners divorce, the assets and household effects must be divided. When referring to the division of assets, this concerns all possessions of the parties. It is also possible that a will has been drawn up stating who receives what when the partners divorce. All belongings must be divided fairly, unless otherwise stipulated!

Estate refers to: furniture, books, television, car, value of the house, etc. Pension rights, gifts of assets, and inheritance do not fall under the division of the estate. For example, in the case of an inheritance, the (ex)partner has no right to the assets or property inherited by his or her partner!

Inheritance law (and divorce)

When someone dies (the testator), he or she leaves all his or her assets (possessions) to the heir (the person who receives the possessions). The heir is responsible for what the testator leaves behind. The identity of the heir is stated in the will that the testator had drawn up by a notary. If the testator did not draw up a will, the law determines who the heir is.

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