{"id":22240,"date":"2026-05-24T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/scheiding-kinderen-belgie-ouderlijk-gezag-verblijfsregeling\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:10:29","slug":"divorce-children-belgium-parental-authority-residency-arrangement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/divorce-children-belgium-parental-authority-residency-arrangement\/","title":{"rendered":"Divorce with children in Belgium: parental authority, residence arrangements and maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Divorce with children in Belgium: parental authority and residence arrangements<\/h2>\n<p>A divorce or de facto separation with children requires a clear arrangement regarding parental authority, the primary residence of the children and access arrangements. Novex Lawyers guides you through the entire procedure before the family court in Brussels.<\/p>\n<h3>Joint or exclusive parental authority<\/h3>\n<p>In Belgium, the rule is that both parents exercise joint parental authority after divorce. This means that both parents make joint decisions about the children's upbringing, school, health and place of residence. An exception is possible when exclusive parental authority is in the best interest of the child.<\/p>\n<h3>Principal residence and secondary residence<\/h3>\n<p>The court determines with which parent the children have their primary residence (the parent with whom the child is officially registered). The other parent has secondary residence - usually the child spends half the time with each parent (co-parenting) or a smaller period each month.<\/p>\n<h3>Maintenance contribution and extraordinary expenses<\/h3>\n<p>The maintenance contribution is calculated based on the costs for the child and the income situation of both parents. Extraordinary costs (medical expenses, school expenses, hobbies) are basically shared based on the respective incomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Divorce with children? Contact Novex Lawyers for guidance at the family court in Brussels.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scheiding met kinderen in Belgi\u00eb: ouderlijk gezag en verblijfsregeling Een echtscheiding of feitelijke scheiding met kinderen vraagt om een duidelijke regeling over het ouderlijk gezag, de hoofdverblijfplaats van de kinderen en de omgangsregeling. Novex Advocaten begeleidt u bij de volledige procedure voor de familierechtbank in Brussel. Gezamenlijk of exclusief ouderlijk gezag In Belgi\u00eb is de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-familierecht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240","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=22240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22288,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240\/revisions\/22288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}