Title 9

in force

Dissolution of marriage

Civil Code — Book 1 (Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 1) · Articles: 22

Section 1

General provisions on dissolution of marriage

1:149 Article 1:149

The marriage ends:

Section 2

Divorce (echtscheiding)

1:150 Article 1:150

Divorce between spouses who are not legally separated (scheiding van tafel en bed) is pronounced upon the petition of one of the spouses or upon…

1:151 Article 1:151

Divorce is pronounced upon the petition of one of the spouses, if the marriage has irretrievably broken down (duurzaam ontwricht).

1:152 Article 1:152 repealed

1:153 Article 1:153

If, as a result of the petitioned divorce, an existing prospect of benefits to the other spouse after the predecease of the spouse who has made the…

1:154 Article 1:154

Divorce is pronounced upon a joint petition of the spouses if the petition is grounded on their mutual opinion that the marriage is irretrievably…

1:155 Article 1:155

In the event of divorce and insofar as one spouse has accrued pension entitlements after the conclusion of the marriage and before the divorce, the…

1:156 Article 1:156

The judge may, in the divorce order or in a subsequent judgment, award to the spouse who does not have sufficient income for his maintenance, nor can…

1:157 Article 1:157

If the court has not set a term, the obligation to provide maintenance ends by operation of law after the expiry of a term which is equal to half the…

1:158 Article 1:158

Before or after the decree of divorce, the spouses may determine by agreement whether, and if so to what amount, after the divorce one shall be…

1:159 Article 1:159

It may be stipulated in the agreement that it cannot be modified by judicial decision on the grounds of a change of circumstances. Such a stipulation…

1:159a Article 1:159a

An agreement as referred to in Articles 158 and 159 of this Book does not preclude recovery pursuant to paragraph 6.5 of the Participation Act and…

1:160 Article 1:160

An obligation of a former spouse to provide maintenance to the other party by virtue of divorce ends when the latter enters into marriage again…

1:161 Article 1:161 repealed

1:161a Article 1:161a repealed

1:162 Article 1:162 repealed

1:162a Article 1:162a repealed

1:163 Article 1:163

The divorce is effected by the registration of the decree in the registers of civil status.

1:164 Article 1:164

If a community of property existing between the spouses has been prejudiced by one of them because he, after the commencement of the proceedings or…

1:165 Article 1:165

Upon the petition of a spouse, the court may determine in the divorce decree or by a subsequent ruling that, if that spouse at the time of the…

1:166 Article 1:166

If the divorced spouses remarry each other or enter into a registered partnership, all consequences of the marriage revive by operation of law, as if…

1:167 Article 1:167 repealed