Equalisation of Pension Rights upon Divorce Act (WVPS)

For the purposes of the provisions set forth by or pursuant to this Act, the following definitions shall apply:

In the event of divorce (echtscheiding) and insofar as one spouse has accrued pension entitlements after the solemnisation of the marriage…

The portion referred to in Article 2, paragraph 2, amounts to half of the pension that would have to be paid out if:

In deviation from Article 1, paragraph 1, subparagraph (a) and subparagraph (b) respectively, for the purposes of this Article, separation and the…

By prenuptial agreement or by an agreement concluded in writing with a view to the divorce, the spouses may, in deviation from Article 3, opening…

By prenuptial agreement or by an agreement concluded in writing with a view to the divorce (echtscheiding), the spouses (echtgenoten) may agree, in…

The executing body is authorised to charge half of the costs of an equalisation to each of the spouses or to deduct these from the amounts to be paid…

For the application of statutory and other provisions relating to attachment, withholding, and deduction, the portion of the pension that is not paid…

If a pension is reduced or increased solely due to its commencement at an earlier or later date than the normal date pursuant to the relevant scheme…

The spouses, the executive body and the employer are obliged, upon request, to provide each other with such information as is necessary for the…

By ministerial regulation, our Minister of Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid (Social Affairs and Employment), in agreement with our Ministers whom it…

If the spouses, by means of prenuptial agreements entered into prior to the entry into force of this Act, have excluded or limited the community of…

This Act shall not apply to a separation that took place before the date of entry into force of this Act.