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11 March 2026

How can you prevent an inheritance from ending up with your child’s partner?

When drawing up a will, consideration is given to how the inheritance will be distributed. This is recorded in the will. A possible wish is to ensure that your future inheritance does not end up with your child’s partner.

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12 March 2024

Change in sight for access between grandparents and grandchildren?

The legislative proposal ‘Reducing the Threshold for Access by Grandparents Act’ (Wet drempelverlaging omgang grootouders) is intended to facilitate access between grandparents and their grandchildren.

11 March 2024

Maintenance for a young adult

Do you (still) have to pay child support if your child is a young adult? And if so, what is the amount of the child support? This blog briefly discusses the obligations of parents of young adults.

27 February 2024

Does a donor have a right of access to the child?

It must be stated first and foremost that not only the legal parents of a child have the right of access to the child.

21 February 2024

Change of gender and first name

What are the options for changing your gender and first name, and when do you need to go to court to do so? This blog briefly discusses the options.

12 February 2024

Spousal maintenance and earning capacity

After divorcing, you may have an obligation to pay spousal maintenance to your ex-spouse or you may be entitled to receive a contribution.

3 February 2024

One-off maintenance payment

After divorce, one of the partners may have a maintenance obligation in the form of child maintenance or partner maintenance. Maintenance is often paid by one ex-partner to the other on a monthly basis. It is also possible to pay maintenance to an ex-partner in the form of a one-off payment or lump sum.

29 January 2024

Child maintenance: the legal father vs the biological father

In some cases, the legal father may not be the biological father. Under Dutch law, the legal father is responsible for paying child maintenance.

11 October 2023

Parenting together again through mediation

Parents often approach me when they are at a complete loss as to how to work things out together. They have already talked and argued a lot.

18 September 2023

Substitute consent in order to relocate with your children to your country of origin (as an expat)

As a divorce lawyer, I regularly receive questions from expats during or after their divorce about their desire to move back to their country of origin together with their children.