Employment Law Glossary

Calculation of needs

Determination of the financial need of the person entitled to maintenance after divorce.

Calculation of means

Determination of the amount that the person obliged to pay maintenance can contribute based on income and obligations.

Penalty for breach of contact arrangement

A financial sanction imposed by the court for failure to comply with a contact or care arrangement.

Privacy clause

A clause in prenuptial agreements or a will/gift that determines certain assets remain outside the marital property.

Guardianship

The most severe protective measure whereby an adult loses complete legal capacity.

Kinderalimentatie

Child maintenance

Financial contribution from parents towards the costs of care and upbringing of their children after separation.

Kinderrekening

Children’s account (kinderrekening)

A children’s account is a joint bank account into which both parents deposit money for the children’s costs after divorce.

Kindgesprek

Child hearing

A conversation between the judge and the child to hear their opinion in a family law case.

Koude uitsluiting

Complete exclusion

Prenuptial agreement excluding any community of property and any settlement clause.