Partner to nursing home? Single AOW (state pension), yes or no?

Are you married or cohabiting in The Netherlands and is your partner going to a nursing home? Then you will receive a letter from the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) in which you can make the choice to convert a married/partnership state pension (in Dutch: AOW) to a single AOW. This seems attractive: a...

Spouses in divorce can sometimes be considered for the transitional law

The interest that you pay over your mortgage, can be deducted from your taxable income. Because of this you pay less income tax. This is the mortgage interest tax relief. 

A strict prenuptial agreement can prevent a lot of misery

Most couples that marry choose to marry in community of property. This means that you are both entitled to half of the property, but that you are also responsible for half of the communal debts.

How can you prevent the negative effects of prenuptial agreement?

Marrying with a prenuptial agreement can be sensible in some cases. However, not checking the prenuptial agreement can create problems in the case of a divorce concerning the divide of the Wealth.

The working and payments of the partner alimony

The partner who earns the most money  is obligated to pay his/her partner ‘partner alimony’. This is to prevent that one of the partners has no or an insufficient income.  With this financial distribution a few main rules apply. In the text below we further explain these rules. 

Legal separation: What does it really mean?

Spouses that no longer see a future together can choose to (temporarily) separate. Legal separation means that you want to live apart from each other. You then choose not to share a home anymore. This form of divorce is chosen less and less nowadays, because the law no longer obligates you to live...

Are you living together but not married? Read about the pros and cons of a cohabitation contract

A cohabitation contract is an agreement where you make arrangements about living together. You can have a cohabitation contract with several people at the same time.You can draw up a cohabitation contract together or let the notary draw it up. In some cases you can draw up a notarial...