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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.

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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.

14 August 2012

Legal opinion in family law

GMW lawyers has an international practice and serves clients across the globe.

2 August 2012

Can married Dutch couples get divorced in the Netherlands?

In my blogs, I have previously reflected on the international competence of the Dutch court. In the Netherlands, court intervention is still required in divorce proceedings.

23 July 2012

Partner alimony in the balance

I previously discussed the changes taking place with regard to alimony.

22 July 2012

International divorce: in which country should proceedings be conducted?

In the case of marriages with an international dimension (due to nationality, place of residence, etc.), the question arises where divorce proceedings should be conducted.

25 June 2012

It’s my way or the high way’-approach costs employer small fortune

In a recent judgment (LJN: BW1460), the Dutch sub district Court emphasised once again the importance of having a complete personnel file of malfunctioning when seeking dissolution of an employment contract.

12 May 2012

Can gay couples file for divorce in the Netherlands?

In the Netherlands, since 2001, the marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender is legally recognised and with that the possibility to file for divorce.