{"id":21246,"date":"2026-05-08T20:11:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/onderhoudsgeld-berekening-scheiding\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:21:59","slug":"alimony-calculation-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/alimony-calculation-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance money after divorce: how is it calculated?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Child support money is one of the most contested issues in divorce. Novex Lawyers explains how it is calculated and how to best defend your interests.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The LSEP method<\/h2><p>In Belgium, child support is calculated using the Lump Sum Equivalent Payment (LSEP) method. This takes into account the income of both parents, the residence arrangement and the needs of the child.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extraordinary expenses<\/h2><p>In addition to the monthly maintenance fee, there are extraordinary expenses: medical expenses, school expenses, sports activities, etc. These are normally shared in proportion to the income of both parents. Novex Lawyers takes care of a correct arrangement.<\/p><p><strong>Novex Lawyers: 048 499 22 72<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/lawyer-traffic-law\/\">Traffic Lawyer Brussels<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/contact\/\">Contact Novex Lawyers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Call: <a href=\"tel:+32484992272\">048 499 22 72<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:asfour@novexadvocaten.be\">asfour@novexadvocaten.be<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child support money is one of the most contested issues in divorce. Novex Lawyers explains how it is calculated and how to best defend your interests. The LSEP method In Belgium, child support is calculated using the LSEP method (Lump Sum Equivalent Payment). This involves the income of both parents, the residence arrangement and the [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verkeersrecht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21256,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21246\/revisions\/21256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}