Each year, under the law, partner and child support contributions are increased by a percentage to be announced annually, known as statutory indexation, unless otherwise agreed.
Indexation 2023

Delissen Martens is based in The Hague, the 'legal capital of the world' and city of international peace and law. It is no coincidence that our office is located in the centre of the International Zone: the working area of many international organisations. Knowledge institutions, civil society organisations, businesses and students work together intensively, exchanging knowledge and ideas.
The free movement of people and services makes it relatively easy to settle in another Member State. Almost half a million Dutch citizens live elsewhere in Europe. A similar number of people from other European Union countries live in the Netherlands. However, each EU member state applies its own rules and laws. We have in-house specialists with extensive international expertise in family law, migration law, tax law, company law and labour law.
Supreme court litigation is a unique process within the Dutch legal system. It is not about a complete re-trial of the facts, but about whether the law has been correctly applied. The cassation lawyer draws up a written argument, the so-called ‘ supreme court litigation appeal’, in which the points on which the court of appeal's ruling is contrary to the law are made clear. The Supreme Court then assesses whether the complaint is well-founded. If the Supreme Court finds that a mistake has indeed been made, it may set aside the judgment and refer the case back to another court for reassessment.
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the Netherlands and its main task is to ensure unity and legal certainty in the administration of justice. The Supreme Court does this by checking whether lower courts have applied the law correctly. However, the Supreme Court does not review all aspects of the case. It deals only with legal and procedural questions. If the Supreme Court concludes that mistakes have been made, it can:
Giving a supreme court litigation opinion is a time-consuming business:
In addition to providing a comprehensive opinion, we offer clients the option of the Quick Scan analysis, in which only the court's final decision is read and a preliminary opinion on the chances in supreme court litigation is given. This Quick Scan analysis can be carried out in a shorter time than a full opinion. As a result, the costs are also limited. A Quick Scan need not, incidentally, stand in the way of a further comprehensive opinion.
You remain personally responsible for timely filing an appeal in supreme court litigation with the registry of the court of appeal.
In ordinary proceedings on the merits, the supreme court litigation period is three months from the day of the judgment. But the cassation period in summary proceedings is shorter, only eight weeks. And in some special cases, the period is even more limited.
Obviously, a cassation opinion should not be issued only just before the expiry of the cassation period. There should be enough time left for seeking a second or even third opinion. This is another reason not to submit a case for an opinion only shortly before the deadline expires.
Supreme court litigation costs: In supreme court litigation, we charge a standard hourly rate, but fixed fee agreements can be made in consultation.
Quick Scan supreme court litigation advice: A Quick Scan analysis is carried out in all cases on the basis of a fixed price.
On addition: supreme court litigation proceedings can be done on addition, for clients with an income that qualifies.
Each year, under the law, partner and child support contributions are increased by a percentage to be announced annually, known as statutory indexation, unless otherwise agreed.
According to Dutch law, as a stepparent you are obliged to contribute to the costs of your stepchild(ren). When are you legally a stepparent and when are you maintenance obligated for your stepchild(ren)? And is the stepparent's maintenance obligation the same as that of the legal/biological parent(s)? These questions are answered in this blog.
No one marries with the idea of divorcing each other at some point, yet 7.8 out of every 1,000 marriages stranded in 2021. After kicking off the dust, people then move on and sometimes that includes a new partner, or the new partner was already there and may even have been one of the reasons for the divorce (whether in the ex-partner's eyes or not). How do ex-spouses deal with this and what can you expect from your ex-partner in this regard?
Delissen Martens recently became a member of the European network of law firms ‘European Law Firm’.