The choice of forum in international divorces
Marjet Groenleer wrote an article about international divorce this month for the Divorce Bulletin (2019, episode 1). The article is interesting both for Dutch couples living in foreign countries and for international couples living in the Netherlands who want to divorce in the Netherlands.
This post was reviewed and updated on 15 July 2020
If you are planning to divorce your partner, it does not automatically mean that you can arrange your divorce and everything that comes with it in the Netherlands, even if you would like to do so. Sometimes this will require choosing a forum for your divorce.
In this article, Marjet explains clearly when that is the case, and how the choice of forum has to be made.
You can read the entire article here (in Dutch).
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Marjet Groenleer has been active in family law for more than 15 years. Her focus is on (international) divorces, in particular the financial aspects thereof. She is a member of the Association of Family Lawyers and Divorce Mediators (vFAS) and a deputy judge at the Courts of Appeal Amsterdam, family law section. You can contact her for (international) divorces (including expats and entrepreneurs), the financial aspects of divorce, settlement of a prenuptial agreement, division of community property, alimony, child abduction proceedings, relocation, parenting plan and mediation.
