Article 1:95
in forceThe statutory community of property · General provisions
An asset that a spouse acquires other than for no consideration shall remain outside the community of property if the consideration for the acquisition of this asset is charged to his own separate estate for more than half. To the extent that the consideration is charged to the community of property, the spouse is liable to provide compensation to the community. The amount of the compensation shall be determined in accordance with Article 87, paragraphs 2 and 3.
If an asset becomes part of the community and a spouse has contributed to the consideration from his own assets upon acquisition, this spouse shall be entitled to a claim for reimbursement, the amount of which shall be determined in accordance with Article 87, paragraphs 2 and 3.
Een goed dat een echtgenoot anders dan om niet verkrijgt, blijft buiten de gemeenschap indien de tegenprestatie bij de verkrijging van dit goed voor meer dan de helft ten laste komt van zijn eigen vermogen. Voor zover de tegenprestatie ten laste van de gemeenschap komt, is de echtgenoot gehouden tot een vergoeding aan de gemeenschap. Het beloop van de vergoeding wordt bepaald overeenkomstig artikel 87, tweede en derde lid.
Indien een goed tot de gemeenschap gaat behoren en een echtgenoot bij de verkrijging uit zijn eigen vermogen aan de tegenprestatie heeft bijgedragen, komt deze echtgenoot een vergoedingsvordering toe, waarvan het beloop overeenkomstig artikel 87, tweede en derde lid, wordt bepaald.
Decisions of the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) applying this article. Annotations are unofficial translations.
Law of Persons and Family Law. Matrimonial Property Law. Article 1:94 paragraph 7 of the Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek). Halving of excess contribution? Man and woman jointly acquired a residence prior to their marriage. Man and woman are mutually entitled to reimbursement for excess contribution (meerinbreng) in connection with the payment of the purchase price by the man and in connection with the repayment by the woman of a loan entered into to finance a renovation. Subsequently, they marry in 2018 in a community of property, as a result of which the residence falls into the matrimonial community of property. Claims for reimbursement in connection with the payment of the purchase price and the repayment of the loan do not fall into the matrimonial community of property. Do the debts corresponding to those claims fall into the matrimonial community of property?
Decision on rechtspraak.nlLaw of Persons and Family Law. Division of the community of property. Dwelling purchased with a loan that was waived under an exclusion clause (uitsluitingsclausule). Is the dwelling joint or private property? Purport of the complex of simultaneously performed legal acts. Analogous application of Article 1:124 paragraph 2 (old) of the Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) to the statutory community of property? Legislative history of Article 1:95 paragraph 1 of the Civil Code.
Decision on rechtspraak.nlFamily law. Dispute between former spouses regarding the division of their community of property concerning the question of whether the non-material damages paid to the wife during the marriage, with which she purchased a plot of land on which the former matrimonial home was later built, fell into the community or remained outside thereof due to its special nature (verknochtheid); special nature as referred to in Article 1:94 paragraph 3 of the Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek); influence of subrogation (zaaksvervanging); final settlement clause (finaal verrekenbeding), nature and scope; applicability of Article 1:95 paragraph 2 of the Civil Code.
Decision on rechtspraak.nlFamily law. Dispute between former spouses upon the settlement of their marriage regarding the set-off pursuant to prenuptial agreements; consequences of a final set-off clause, set-off on the basis of a pseudo-community of property, interpretation of the clause.
Decision on rechtspraak.nl