2 January 2017
Execution of foreign maintenance rulings (part I)
A while ago, the media reported that the Italian ex-wife of Ruud Gullit had seized several Dutch properties of the former professional footballer.
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27 February 2023
What are the benefits of mediation?
Some of our family lawyers also work as mediators. I am one of them. Mediation in family law cases is on the rise. Nevertheless, some ambiguities about mediation still exist.
Read more15 December 2016
Moving house with children without permission of your ex: 1-0 down?
In a previous weblog I explained that if you and your ex-partner have joint custody of your children, you cannot just move house and take them with you.
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6 March 2016
Going through the e-mail of your ex
Following my weblog ‘can social media influence a divorce?'
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8 November 2015
Can social media influence a divorce?
Lately there here has been an increase in the number of rulings on family law that were influenced to some degree by social media.
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12 August 2015
Developments in international matrimonial property law
In the past I have written blogs about the problems with international divorces.
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8 July 2015
International child abduction
It is not uncommon for the main carer to find a new partner who lives elsewhere in the country, or even abroad, several years after divorcing – or even during the divorce proceedings.
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11 March 2015
Affairs and other grounds for divorce
Many people still believe they need a reason to get divorced and that the courts are interested in the grounds for divorce.
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22 May 2014
A divorce under common law in the Netherlands
In most European countries, the legal system is based on Roman law. The law is laid down in codes.
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21 April 2014
Divorce in the Netherlands and ties with Scotland
In my practice, I have dealt regularly with Scottish divorce law in recent years, or at least with people who got married in Scotland, have Scottish nationality and came to the Netherlands as expats.
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