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The Obligation to Provide Maintenance Between Divorced Husband and Wife in Belgium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Jean Van Houtte  and
Corinne De Vocht
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This research note summarizes some of our work on the allocation of maintenance (alimony payments) in Belgium, specifically the obligation of a husband to provide maintenance and the entitlement of his former wife to receive it following a divorce grounded in fault. The converse situation of a maintenance-obliged wife and a maintenance-entitled husband occurs only rarely, and it is excluded from our study. So too, we do not consider the obligations of either or both divorced parents to provide maintenance for their children.

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Law & Society Review , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , 1982 , pp. 321 - 334
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Copyright © 1982 The Law and Society Association.

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