Are you our new addition?
Do you have an affinity or experience with family and/or inheritance law? Are you a trainee lawyer or an employee? Do you want to take on responsibility at an early stage in your career? Do you want to work at a specialized firm at the highest level? Do you – like us – also thrive in an open, good […]
2020: pay attention to the indexation of alimony!
Indexation of alimony A new year not only means new resolutions, but also a change in alimony. Every year, wages increase. For this reason, the established alimony amount is indexed every year. As a result, alimony increases with the average wage increase. This applies to both child support and spousal support. This annual change in alimony […]
The rules on spousal support will change as of January 1, 2020. What does this mean for you?
Eelco Anink from our office has written an article about the Law on the revision of spousal support that will come into effect on 1 January 2020. What will change? Who will the new legislation apply to? And can spousal support be excluded from prenuptial agreements under the new law? Eelco answers these questions, among others. Click on the […]
A valuable gift for children on the run
December is the month of end-of-year gifts. As a company, we are giving it a special meaning this year. We are doing this by sponsoring school packages for children on the run in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Greece. In this way, we are giving a gift that makes a difference. What makes this December gift extra special is that the route […]
Can you still believe in love if you've made divorce your job?
The Dutch romantic comedy Wat is dan liefde is currently playing in cinemas. The film is set in the world of divorce law. In the film, divorce lawyer and mediator Cato de Deugd (Elise Schaap) is given the opportunity to become a partner at a commercial firm. She sees this as an opportunity to […]
Can you insure yourself against the financial consequences of a divorce?
When lovers are together, divorce is the last thing they (want to) think about. Completely understandable. No one gets married with the idea of getting divorced again a few years later. But do you take out fire insurance with the idea that your house will burn down soon? Do you sign that home contents insurance with the idea that next weekend your […]
A surrogacy bank in the Netherlands soon?!
By: Mindy Mosk Not everyone finds it easy to have a child. Reasons for this may be that pregnancy is not possible for medical reasons or that it concerns same-sex partners or singles. Surrogacy can offer these people a solution to fulfilling their great desire to become a parent. […]
The non-modification clause in child support
In our practice, it often happens that parents make an agreement about child support for now and for the future in the event of a (real) divorce. Sometimes parents want to stipulate that child support cannot be changed in the future. This is also called a non-modification clause. The question is whether parents can agree […]
Contributed too much to household expenses? Eelco Anink explains
What does the law regulate about who has to pay what of the household expenses and can you deviate from this? What if one of the spouses has contributed too much? In the video below, Eelco Anink briefly answers these questions. The above video was made in collaboration with the Academy for Legal Practice
For the first time in four years, there has been a decrease in child abductions in the Netherlands
Last year, the NOS headlined with the news “More reports of child abduction for the third year in a row”. In 2019, there is more positive news! For the first time in four years, the number of children abducted from or to the Netherlands has decreased. Where in 2017, 288 children were involved in an international child abduction, […]