
Belgian Child Support: Why There Is No Official Calculator (2026)
Belgium has no binding child support scale. What articles 203 and 203bis actually require, how DAVO recovers unpaid maintenance, and why no calculator appears here.
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Belgium has no binding child support scale. What articles 203 and 203bis actually require, how DAVO recovers unpaid maintenance, and why no calculator appears here.

How divorce works in Belgium: the two available procedures, the strict deadlines in article 229, and the three separate rules on spousal maintenance after divorce.

How Belgian family law works: divorce by mutual consent or on irretrievable breakdown, child support with no official calculator, and the family court that hears both.

How spousal maintenance works after a Belgian divorce under article 301: the one third income cap, the marriage-length duration cap, and the three separate fault rules.