Your resource for divorce law in The Netherlands
If you are an expatriate working in The Netherlands, your employer may have requested a 30 % tax ruling for you from the Dutch Tax authority. This allows your employer to provide a maximum of 30 % of your salary tax free as an incentive to move to The Netherlands.Read more
Covid-19 provides particular problems for parents with an international background. Many parents either want or need their children to travel during the school holidays to visit the other parent or close family. Disputes between divorced parents regarding holidays due to Covid-19 are on the rise. In the past few monthsRead more
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed many things in the past few months. With social distancing and lockdown still in place all over the world, divorced parents can also face new challenges with visitation. What if your ex-partner is refusing visitation because of the risks Covid-19 may pose, but your childRead more
With the withdrawal bill on the 31st of January everything changed for British citizens within the EU, or did it? This article describes the probable effects of Brexit on getting a divorce in The Netherlands after full UK withdrawal from the EU. First of all, Brexit is still in transitionRead more
Don’t forget to index your maintenance payments for 2020. You are legally obliged to index both child and spousal maintenance each year with an index linked percentage set by the Dutch Government. For 2020, the maintenance indexation percentage has been set at 2.5 %. Previous percentages The percentages for theRead more
In the Netherlands, maintenance paid by one ex-spouse to the other is tax deductible. Any tax deduction also forms an integral part of maintenance calculations. However, from 2020 onwards the tax deduction for spousal maintenance will be incrementally reduced. This may impact negatively on an ex- spouses ability to payRead more
Bringing up a child is never easy, but specific problems can arise when a child is growing up in two households after a divorce. If the rules in both homes are different, then tensions and disputes can grow. In most cases communication is the key. But what if both parentsRead more
Dutch law requires that parents draw up a parenting plan (“ouderschapsplan“) for the future care of their children before they can file for divorce. The parenting plan must contain future care arrangements, communication and financials regarding the children. However, the arrangements themselves are left completely up to the parents. TheRead more
On the 21st of May, the upper chamber of the Dutch parliament approved sweeping changes to Dutch spousal alimony law. So, what’s new?
As a parent you want to keep up a meaningful and nurturing relationship with your children after a divorce. But what if your ex-partner constantly refuses to give you consent to go on holidays with your children? Or refuses to give you their passports so you can visit your family?Read more