Personal and family Law

Personal and family law touches on the most personal aspects of life. These are situations that often go hand in hand with strong emotions and far-reaching decisions. A lawyer specialising in personal and family law provides legal support with due regard for the human context.

What is personal and family law and what can a lawyer do?

Personal and family law encompasses all the legal rules relating to the individual, the family and the family situation. It is a broad field covering a wide range of situations, from marriage and divorce to filiation, adoption and the protection of vulnerable persons.

FAIRWAY advises and assists clients in all aspects of personal and family law, including:

• Matrimonial property law, marriage contracts and the choice of matrimonial property regime
• Divorce by mutual consent and the drafting of the divorce settlement agreement
• Divorce on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown and interim measures
• Liquidation and division of the matrimonial property regime after divorce
• Liquidation and division of joint property following the end of de facto and legal cohabitation
• Arrangements regarding residence, maintenance and (extraordinary) expenses for children
• Termination of de facto or legal cohabitation
• Filiation: recognition, contestation and establishment of parentage
• Adoption: domestic and international, simple and full adoption
• Administration
• Compulsory psychiatric admission as a protective measure
• Family mediation as an alternative to court proceedings, as well as negotiations

Who can benefit from a personal and family lawyer?

A personal and family lawyer is of value to anyone facing a legal question or dispute concerning their own person, their family or their family situation. This applies to those wishing to marry or divorce, to parents seeking to make arrangements for their children, to cohabitants ending their relationship, but also to those wishing to protect a loved one through administration or who have questions regarding filiation or adoption. Both in amicable settlement and before the family court.

Want to know more?

Anyone with legal questions concerning personal and family law is welcome to contact FAIRWAY. We listen, analyse and defend your interests with expertise and many years of experience.