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Scheiden: wat regel je in de eerste week?
Een praktische volgorde voor de eerste dagen van een scheiding: veiligheid, kinderen, geld, stukken en juridische hulp.
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Een ouderschapsplan maken
Een ouderschapsplan helpt om afspraken over de kinderen duidelijk en uitvoerbaar vast te leggen.
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Scheidingsconvenant: wat moet je begrijpen vóór je tekent?
Maak financiële en praktische afspraken concreet en controleer samenhang, voorwaarden en uitvoering.
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Kinderalimentatie berekenen: begrijp de stappen achter het bedrag
Van behoefte en netto besteedbaar inkomen tot zorgverdeling: zo bereid je een uitlegbare alimentatieberekening voor.
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Een woning uitkopen bij scheiding: vragen vóór de rekensom
Onderzoek aanspraken, waarde, financiering en belasting vóór je een uitkoopsom definitief afspreekt.
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Mediation bij een familiezaak
Onderzoek of begeleid overleg past bij jullie geschil en persoonlijke omstandigheden.
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Create a parenting plan
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Understanding parental authority
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Agree on a care arrangement or visitation arrangement
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Child support: agreements on costs
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Spousal support after a divorce
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Recognition and legal parenthood
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Separated after living together
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Terminating a registered partnership
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Mediation in a family matter
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Lawyer costs and subsidised legal aid
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Safety in family conflicts
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Calculating child maintenance: understand the steps behind the amount
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Changing maintenance: from changed circumstances to a substantiated request
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Maintenance not paid: build a clear record of missed payments
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- Dutch government: unpaid maintenancerijksoverheid.nl
- LBIO: maintenance collectionlbio.nl
- LBIO: maintenance indexationlbio.nl
- Rechtspraak: Maintenance for children and former partnersrechtspraak.nl
- Veilig Thuis: contact and adviceveiligthuis.nl
- Dutch government: contact with your child after separationrijksoverheid.nl
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Maintenance indexation in 2026: check the amount, base year and payments
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Maintenance from age eighteen: involve the young adult
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How long does spousal maintenance last? Check the applicable rules first
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A business during divorce: establish entitlements before valuation
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Divorcing as a business owner: explain income and maintain continuity
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International divorce: four legal questions before choosing a country
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- Dutch government: divorce from a foreign partnerrijksoverheid.nl
- NederlandWereldwijd: divorce abroadnederlandwereldwijd.nl
- Rechtspraak: Parental authorityrechtspraak.nl
- Your Europe: international divorce and court jurisdictioneuropa.eu
- European e-Justice Portal: Dutch divorce law and recognitione-justice.europa.eu
- Your Europe: property regimes of international coupleseuropa.eu
- Dutch government: Must I give permission when my child travels abroad?rijksoverheid.nl
- European e-Justice Portal: cross-border family maintenancee-justice.europa.eu
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Divorcing a foreign partner: handle language, documents and residence separately
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- Dutch government: divorce from a foreign partnerrijksoverheid.nl
- IND: duties of the migrant and sponsorind.nl
- Dutch government: residence permits after divorcerijksoverheid.nl
- NederlandWereldwijd: divorce abroadnederlandwereldwijd.nl
- Your Europe: international divorce and court jurisdictioneuropa.eu
- Rechtspraak (Dutch judiciary): interpreters and translators in courtrechtspraak.nl
- Veilig Thuis: contact and adviceveiligthuis.nl
- Dutch government: Must I give permission when my child travels abroad?rijksoverheid.nl
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Applying for parental authority: first check whether you already have it
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Contact arrangements not followed: distinguish restoring contact from safety concerns
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- Rechtspraak (Dutch judiciary): care and contact proceedingsrechtspraak.nl
- Dutch government: contact with your child after separationrijksoverheid.nl
- Veilig Thuis: contact and adviceveiligthuis.nl
- Rijksoverheid: What should I do about domestic violence or suspected domestic violence?rijksoverheid.nl
- Rechtspraak: A child’s conversation with the judgerechtspraak.nl
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Received a divorce petition? Prepare your response for each issue
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Appealing a family-law decision: assess the ruling, your interests and the route
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Marital property agreements on divorce: read the deed before dividing assets
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- Dutch government: community of property and matrimonial agreementsrijksoverheid.nl
- Rechtspraak (Dutch judiciary): matrimonial property register questionsrechtspraak.nl
- Rechtspraak (Dutch judiciary): divorce proceedingsrechtspraak.nl
- Notaris.nl: marital property and registered partnership agreementsnotaris.nl
- Notaris.nl: clauses for settling income and property between partnersnotaris.nl
- Hoge Raad (Dutch Supreme Court), 5 April 2019, ECLI:NL:HR:2019:504: separate property and reimbursement claimsuitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
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Gifts or inheritance on divorce: trace the money and its legal basis
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- Dutch government: community of property and matrimonial agreementsrijksoverheid.nl
- Notaris.nl: exclusion clausesnotaris.nl
- Belastingdienst: dividing savings, debts and belongingsbelastingdienst.nl
- Your Europe: property regimes of international coupleseuropa.eu
- Hoge Raad (Dutch Supreme Court), 5 April 2019, ECLI:NL:HR:2019:504: separate property and reimbursement claimsuitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
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Child budget after separation: check the applicant, household and calculation
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Divorcing with debts: distinguish sharing the burden from creditors’ rights
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- Dutch government: community of property and matrimonial agreementsrijksoverheid.nl
- Belastingdienst: dividing savings, debts and belongingsbelastingdienst.nl
- Dutch government: applying for debt assistancerijksoverheid.nl
- Dutch House of Representatives, paper 24 515, no. 647: creditors and divorce agreementszoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl
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A new partner and maintenance: identify which question really changes
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Applying for divorce: preparing for the procedure
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Separating with children: from the first conversation to a daily plan
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Divorce settlement agreement: what to understand before signing
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Interim measures during divorce: what cannot wait?
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The family home after separation: stay, leave or sell?
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- Rechtspraak: Divorcerechtspraak.nl
- Rijksoverheid: How do I apply for divorce?rijksoverheid.nl
- Dutch Tax Administration: Getting divorced — consequences for your own homebelastingdienst.nl
- Dutch Tax Administration: Separating — how does buying out a partner work?belastingdienst.nl
- Royal Dutch Association of Civil-law Notaries (Notaris.nl): Buying a home with your partnernotaris.nl
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Buying out a partner: questions before the calculation
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Pensions after divorce: rights, choices and implementation
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Dividing assets and debts after separation
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The child interview: space for the child's voice
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Shared parenting: from a schedule to workable arrangements
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Moving with a child after separation: preparation and consent
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Holidays abroad with a child: authority, consent and documents
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- Dutch government: Must I give permission when my child travels abroad?rijksoverheid.nl
- Dutch government: Does my child need their own passport or identity card?rijksoverheid.nl
- Dutch government: Consent form for travelling abroad with a minor childrijksoverheid.nl
- Dutch judiciary: Procedure for disagreements between parents with joint parental authorityrechtspraak.nl
- Rechtspraak: Parental authorityrechtspraak.nl
- Rijksoverheid: What must a parenting plan contain?rijksoverheid.nl
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Separation: what should you arrange in the first week?
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Communication after separation: make workable arrangements
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Which documents do you need when separating?
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Reviewing separation agreements: does the plan still work?
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Family-law help in another language: prepare your meeting
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Urgency in a family case: which question needs assessment first?
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