Birdnesting

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...

co-parenting

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...

Parenting plan

In the Netherlands it is required by law to file a parenting plan together with your divorce request. If there is no agreement, you can file your proposal for the parenting plan and/or explain to the court why there is no signed parenting plan. The parenting plan...

Division of pension

The Netherlands has a very simple system of dividing the accumulated pension.  In other countries this can be different. It is also different when there is not a real pension, but an alternative product to safe for the old age. There are different ways to gain...

Division of assets

When it comes to the division of assets, we will have to determine first which is the applicable law and what it’s system of dividing the assets are. Sometimes this requires an expert statement, in order to properly inform the court of the applicable law and to...