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.
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16 February 2026
Check your prenuptial agreement
Before or during marriage, spouses often enter into a prenuptial agreement. In this article, we focus specifically on prenuptial agreements that were concluded many years ago.
Read more12 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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12 June 2023
Child and spousal maintenance indexation 2023
Every year, child and spousal maintenance is increased by the annual indexation. Today, I will explain more about the indexation of child and spousal maintenance in 2023.
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17 May 2023
Joint custody on the basis of acknowledgement from 2023
In practice, a frequent question is whether the other parent also has custody. The answer to this question depends in part on when the acknowledgement took place.
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27 February 2023
What are the benefits of mediation?
Some of our family lawyers also work as mediators. I am one of them. Mediation in family law cases is on the rise. Nevertheless, some ambiguities about mediation still exist.
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