Blogs by 'GMW lawyers'

16 July 2020

The need for partner alimony under the microscope

If you have previously dealt with the phenomenon of partner alimony (partner maintenance), you know what is meant by the terms "needs", "neediness", "financial capacity" and "comparison of financial capacity".

21 April 2020

How to deal with visitation arrangements during the corona crisis?

The corona virus controls our lives and has many consequences.

27 January 2020

When can you claim partner alimony?

Divorce and partner alimony are two topics that often come up at the same time.

4 June 2019

The 12-year alimony period is over

If you have followed the news over the past few weeks, you won’t have missed the fact that a new law on the duration of alimony (partner maintenance) will soon be introduced.

30 August 2018

International access arrangements – 3 key considerations

There are more and more international relationships and marriages.

6 March 2016

Going through the e-mail of your ex

Following my weblog ‘can social media influence a divorce?' 

8 November 2015

Can social media influence a divorce?

Lately there here has been an increase in the number of rulings on family law that were influenced to some degree by social media.

8 July 2015

International child abduction

It is not uncommon for the main carer to find a new partner who lives elsewhere in the country, or even abroad. Several years after divorcing, or even during the divorce proceedings.

4 February 2013

Relocating children following breakdown relationship

In my blog “Moving home after divorce: with or without the children?” I discussed the issues at stake when the main carer wants to relocate with the children to another part of the Netherlands, or even another country, following the breakdown of a relationship.