by Martine Wernsen | Jun 3, 2020
A visitation arrangement determines when the children stay with the parent with whom they do not have their main residence. The visitation arrangement can be very precise. For example: with times and with whom the child has to bring or pick up. The holidays can be...
by Martine Wernsen | Jun 3, 2020
The parent with sole custody can make all decisions about the child independently. This does not affect the other parent’s right of contact with the child. Only, as long as no access rights have been laid down by the court, the parent with joint custody can...
by Martine Wernsen | Jun 2, 2020
Birdnesting means that the children live in the same house every day and that the parents take turns living there with the children for a number of days. This gives a lot of peace and quiet for the children. But it requires a lot of adaptability from the parents. The...
by Martine Wernsen | Jun 2, 2020
Co-parenting means that two parents with custody share the care of the child. It does not have to be exactly 50/50. In the Netherlands, a child has one main residence, where it is registered, even if it stays at a different address (almost) 50 % of the time. Child...
by Martine Wernsen | Jun 2, 2020
If the other parent with custody refuses to sign the enrollment form, you can ask the court for substitute consent. In the Netherlands, this is done by means of Article 1:253a of the Dutch Civil Code, which article can be used for all kinds of disputes between custody...
