Blog

16 March 2014

European regulation will change international inheritance law

Anyone who has a second home or a holiday home in Spain and ends up spending more time in Spain than in the Netherlands would be well advised to make proper provision for their estate.

17 April 2013

When is Dutch law applicable in case of divorce?

If you have moved to the Netherlands from another country, you may be in for some surprises if you decide to file for divorce in the Netherlands.

29 March 2013

Friends: The right of cooptation

Wouldn’t it be perfect if you rented a room and were allowed to choose your own housemates?

28 March 2013

The Hague Convention on Matrimonial Property

Have you lived in the Netherlands for 10 years? Then you may be married in community of property!

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.  

26 December 2012

Place of work determines applicable law

The Rome Convention determines the law applicable to contractual obligations entered into between 1 September 1991 and 17 December 2009.

1 October 2012

Misconceptions in international family law

Increasingly frequently, people find love across the border.

12 September 2012

The international gay divorce: breaking news!

Suppose you’re married to a person of your own sex and you both live outside the Netherlands, in a country that doesn’t recognise same sex marriages, and only one of you has Dutch nationality.

3 September 2012

Pension given low priority in divorce cases

In almost all divorce cases, the ’division’ of retirement pension is one of the last things married couples think about, particularly in the case of international divorces where the spouses’ priorities lie elsewhere.