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 Laws
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Belgian Criminal Law: The Strafwetboek / Code Pénal and the 2026 Reform
An overview of Belgian criminal law, the criminal record extract a conviction can end up on, and the new Penal Code replacing the current offence classification from 1 September 2026.
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Belgian Defamation Law: Laster, Eerroof and False Accusation (2026)
An overview of Belgian defamation law: the laster/calomnie versus eerroof/diffamation distinction, the separate offense of a false complaint to authority, the civil route, and the 2026 merger.
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Belgian Divorce: Mutual Consent, Irretrievable Breakdown and Spousal Maintenance (2026)
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.
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Belgian Employment Law: Notice, Dismissal and What You Are Owed (2026)
How dismissal works in Belgium: the statutory notice scale, severance when notice is not worked, urgent cause, and the sectoral agreements that sit above the federal floor.
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Belgian Family Law: Divorce, Child Support and the Family Court (2026)
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.
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Belgian Inheritance Law and Inheritance Tax: How It Actually Works (2026)
Who inherits under Belgian law, what the reserve protects, and why inheritance tax depends entirely on which Region taxed the estate. Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels differ sharply.
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Belgian Law Explained: Codes, Regions, Courts and Key Rules (2026)
How Belgian law actually works: civil-law codes, the federal and regional split that decides inheritance tax, property duties and tenancy, the courts, and the 2026 changes including the new Penal Code.
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Belgian Lease Basics: Form, Registration and Repairs by Region
The ground rules for a Belgian residential lease: written form, the landlord's registration duty, court jurisdiction, repair responsibilities and subletting, Region by Region.
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Belgian Privacy Law: Camera Surveillance and the GBA/APD (2026)
An overview of Belgian privacy law: the Camera Law's declaration and pictogram duties, what a private camera may capture, workplace cameras, and the GBA/APD data protection authority.
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Belgian Recording Law: The Participant Rule and What It Does Not Settle (2026)
An overview of Belgium's rule on recording a private conversation: the participant exception under article 314bis, the Antigoon doctrine on unlawful evidence, and the 2026 Penal Code renumbering.
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Belgian Spousal Maintenance After Divorce: Article 301 Explained (2026)
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.
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Belgian Tenant Rights: Three Regional Tenancy Laws, Not One
Why Belgium has no single national tenancy law: the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels decrees and ordinances that replaced it, and how rent indexation is covered on its own page.
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Belgium Co-ownership and Syndic Law: Rules and Majorities
How Belgian co-ownership works under art. 3.84 to 3.100 of the Civil Code: the syndic, the VME, the general assembly majority ladder, and the vrederechter.
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Belgium Criminal Record Extract: Models 595, 596.1 and 596.2 Explained
How a Belgian criminal record extract (uittreksel strafregister / extrait de casier judiciaire) works: what each of the three models shows, where to apply, the at-cost fee, and how erasure and rehabilitation actually work.
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Belgium Driving Laws: Traffic Fines, GAS Sanctions and Perception Immediate
How Belgian traffic enforcement is organised: federal moving-violation fines and the politierechtbank, the perception-immediate settlement system, and the separate municipal GAS / SAC layer for stopping and parking.
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Belgium E-Scooter Laws: Age, Insurance, and Where You Can Ride (2026)
Belgium's e-scooter rules explained: the 16-plus age rule, sidewalk ban, when insurance applies, the usager faible protection, and Brussels's stricter local rules.
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Belgium GAS / SAC Municipal Fines: Traffic Scope, Ceilings and Appeals
How Belgian municipal GAS / SAC administrative fines work for traffic: the narrow stopping-and-parking scope, the 500 euro adult ceiling, the sanctionerend ambtenaar, and the adult/minor appeal split.
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Belgium Licence Withdrawal: Déchéance vs Immediate Retrait
Belgium licence withdrawal: the judicial déchéance under art. 38 (8 days to lifelong) versus the procureur's immediate retrait, durations and re-exams.
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Belgium Neighbour Noise and Nuisance Law: Your Options
How art. 3.101 of the Belgian Civil Code handles excessive neighbour nuisance before the vrederechter / juge de paix, plus the separate GAS / SAC night-noise route.
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Belgium Notice Period Calculator: Opzegtermijn / Preavis Explained (2026)
Calculate your Belgian notice period free and see why the answer depends on your contract's start date. Covers all four regimes including the 1 June and 1 August 2026 reforms.
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Belgium Property Disputes: Neighbour Nuisance and Co-ownership
How Belgian property disputes work between private parties: the no-fault neighbour-nuisance regime under article 3.101, apartment co-ownership and the syndic, and the vrederechter, the juge de paix, as the local judge.
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Belgium Rent Indexation: The Huurindexatie / Indexation du Loyer Formula by Region
The Belgian rent indexation formula, and how the starting month, frequency, energy-label limits and registration requirement genuinely differ between Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
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Belgium Rental Deposit: Huurwaarborg and Garantie Locative Caps by Region
How much a landlord can require as a rental deposit in Belgium, and how the form, the blocked account and the return process genuinely differ across Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
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Belgium Resignation Notice: How Much Notice You Owe as an Employee (2026)
How much notice a resigning employee owes in Belgium under article 37/2, the tegenopzeg rule for a new job, and the 1 August 2026 reform to the resignation scale.
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Belgium Severance Pay: How the Ontslagvergoeding / Indemnité de Rupture Is Calculated
How Belgian severance pay (ontslagvergoeding, indemnité de rupture) is calculated under article 39, what CAO nr. 109 adds for an unreasonable dismissal, and the RVA/ONEM interaction.
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Belgium Speeding Fines: Rates, Court Referral and the Opdecimes (2026)
Current Belgian speeding fine rates after the 1 July 2026 increase: the 58 euro first band, the per-km/h rate by zone, when you go to court instead, and how the opdecimes multiplier differs from a roadside fine.
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Belgium Unfair Dismissal: CAO 109 and the Right to Know Why You Were Fired (2026)
How CAO nr. 109 / CCT 109 works in Belgium: the 3 to 17 week indemnity for a kennelijk onredelijk ontslag, who is excluded, and the separate penalty for not explaining a dismissal.
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Belgium Workplace Camera Law: CAO 68, Rules and Your Rights
How CAO 68 / CCT 68 governs workplace cameras in Belgium: the four permitted purposes, the permanent-filming ban, and the duty to inform workers.
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Brussels Inheritance Tax: Droits de Succession Rates and the Family Home
Brussels' droits de succession explained: the domicile test, the six-band direct-line scale, three separate collateral scales, the flat 15,000 euro abatement, and the family-home rules.
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Camera Surveillance in Belgium: The Camera Law, Declaration Duty and What You May Film
Belgium's Camera Law of 21 March 2007: the mandatory declaration, the pictogram duty, what a private camera may and may not capture, and the workplace rules under CCT 68.
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Clearing a Criminal Record in Belgium: Erasure and Rehab
How a Belgian conviction leaves the record: automatic erasure vs court rehabilitation, the 3-year police-penalty rule, and the 1 September 2026 broadening.
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Dismissal for Urgent Cause in Belgium: Ontslag om Dringende Reden / Licenciement pour Motif Grave
Belgium's summary dismissal rule under article 35: the double three-working-day deadline, how reasons must be notified, burden of proof, and the arbeidsrechtbank / tribunal du travail.
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Ending a Lease in Belgium: Notice, Indemnities and Termination by Region
How a Belgian residential lease actually ends: tenant notice periods, landlord grounds for termination and the indemnities involved, and how each genuinely differs across Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
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False Accusation to the Authorities in Belgium: Lasterlijke Aangifte and How It Differs from Defamation
Belgium's offense of a malicious false complaint to authority, lasterlijke aangifte or dénonciation calomnieuse under article 445, and how it differs from ordinary defamation.
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Flanders Inheritance Tax: Erfbelasting Rates, Abatements and the Family Home
Flanders' erfbelasting explained: the domicile test, the direct-line and siblings-versus-others scales, the 2026 partner exemption rise, the singlevermindering, and the family-home rules.
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Forced Heirship in Belgium: The Reserve, the Disposable Part, and Reduction
Belgium's reserve since the 2018 reform: a fixed one half of the estate for children collectively, the spouse's protected usufruct, and what happens when a gift exceeds the disposable part.
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How to Make a Will in Belgium: The Three Forms a Testament Can Take
Belgium recognises three forms of will: handwritten, notarial and international. How each works, how revocation works, and why no will can override the reserve.
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Lifetime Gifts in Belgium: Forms, Registration and the Look-Back Period
How gifts work under Belgian law: hand gifts versus notarial deeds, why people register a gift, the five-year look-back period by region, and which region’s gift tax applies.
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Recording a Conversation in Belgium: The Participant Rule, Antigoon and the 2026 Penal Code
Belgium's rule on recording conversations: article 314bis of the Code pénal, the participant exception, the Antigoon doctrine on unlawful evidence, and what changes on 1 September 2026.
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Wallonia Inheritance Tax: Droits de Succession Rates and the 2028 Reform
Wallonia's droits de succession explained: the domicile test, the nine-band direct-line scale, abatements, the 5-year family-home condition, and the 2028 reform that is not yet in force.
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Who Inherits in Belgium: The Order of Heirs, the Spouse’s Share and the Reserve
Belgium’s federal civil succession rules: the order of heirs, the surviving spouse’s usufruct, legal versus de facto cohabitants, and the reserve since the 2018 reform.
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