Title 17

in force

Maintenance (alimony)

Civil Code — Book 1 (Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 1) · Articles: 23

Section 1

General provisions

1:392 Article 1:392

The following persons are, on the basis of consanguinity or affinity, obliged to provide maintenance:

1:393 Article 1:393 repealed

1:394 Article 1:394

The begetter of a child who has only a mother, as well as the person who, as the life partner of the mother, consented to an act that may have…

1:395 Article 1:395

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 395a of this Book, a stepparent is only obliged, during his marriage or his registered partnership…

1:395a Article 1:395a

Parents are obliged to provide for the costs of maintenance and education of their adult children who have not reached the age of twenty-one years.

1:395b Article 1:395b

If the court has determined the amount that a parent or stepparent or, in accordance with Article 394, the progenitor or the person who is equated…

1:396 Article 1:396

The obligation of children-in-law and of parents-in-law to provide maintenance shall lapse when the marriage of the child-in-law has been dissolved…

1:397 Article 1:397

In determining the amount due for maintenance by blood relatives and relatives by affinity according to the law, account shall be taken, on the one…

1:398 Article 1:398

When the person who is obliged to provide maintenance is unable to provide the money required for that purpose, the court may order that he shall…

1:399 Article 1:399

The court may mitigate the obligation of blood relatives and relatives by affinity to provide maintenance on the grounds of such conduct by the…

1:400 Article 1:400

If a person is obliged to provide maintenance to two or more persons and his financial capacity is insufficient to fully provide this to all of them…

1:401 Article 1:401

A judicial decision or an agreement concerning maintenance may be amended or revoked by a subsequent judicial decision if, due to a change of…

1:402 Article 1:402

The court, which determines, amends or revokes the amount of a maintenance allowance, shall also establish the date from which this amount is due or…

1:402a Article 1:402a

The amounts for maintenance established by judicial decision or by agreement shall be modified annually by operation of law by a percentage to be…

1:403 Article 1:403

No allowance shall be due for the period which, at the time of the filing of the petition, has already elapsed for more than five years.

Section 2

Provision for the costs of care and upbringing of minor children and stepchildren

1:404 Article 1:404

Parents are obliged to provide for the costs of care and upbringing of their minor children according to their financial capacity.

1:405 Article 1:405 repealed

1:406 Article 1:406

If a parent or stepparent fails to fulfill or improperly fulfills their obligation to provide for the costs of care and upbringing, the other parent…

1:406a Article 1:406a

A petition based on Article 394 may be filed on behalf of a minor child by the person who has authority over the child. The parent or guardian of the…

1:406b Article 1:406b repealed

1:406d Article 1:406d repealed

1:407 Article 1:407

Simultaneously with a judgment to be rendered by the court concerning the authority to be exercised over the children after the dissolution of…

1:408 Article 1:408

An allowance to provide for the costs of care and upbringing or to provide for the costs of living and study, the amount of which has been…