Are you dealing with family conflicts? Are you struggling to communicate with each other, and are conflicts threatening to escalate? Or are you facing difficult decisions about divorce or the care of a family member? Reaching a solution together can sometimes seem impossible. In these situations, mediation offers a solution.
Mediation is a suitable solution for a variety of family conflicts. For example:
Instead of going to court, you can choose to cooperate with a mediator to find solutions that are acceptable to all parties. Mediation allows you to work in a confidential environment to reach an agreement that is acceptable to all parties. It is a process that focuses on your interests. It is designed to preserve family relationships for the long term.
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?