In this article, the author discusses the Belgian succession law and inheritance tax system. The author hightlights the general principles, intestate succession, wills, private international law and practical problems

This paper offers a substantial and profound analysis of the three characteristics of a donation or gift inter vivos under Belgian law. The text is structured around these features: contract, immediate, irrevocable. The article is an update and actualisation of my original comments in the same...

In dit artikel bespreekt de auteur artikel 745quinquies, §3 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek. Meer bepaald beantwoordt de auteur de vraag of dit artikel ook speelt voor kinderen uit een voorhuwelijke relatie positief. In this article, the author discusses article 745quinquies, §3 of the Belgian...

In this article the author analyses if actual family property law still translate the common sense and values of today's society, by giving a rough sketch of some important issues that have pointed out in the last decades, first in matrimonial property law, then in inheritance and gift law, all...

In this article we comment on the Belgian Cour de Cassation decision of 10 December 2010. The Supreme Court approves the legal and fiscal validity of a clause in marital contracts of community property whereby the entire community is awarded towards one spouse nominatim. This clause is used in...

In this report, I argue that the protective rules for non common children of the parents of article 1465 Belgian Civil Code should not be applied to a child of the deceased that was adopted by the surviving spouses even if such adoption was not full but ordinary, limiting the legal consequences...

The Belgian Conflict between Dutch speaking Flemish and Francophones has a long history that has come to a culmination point with the political and institutional crisis since June 2007. After a brief analysis of the conflict, this article focus is on the role of the media in such conflict. Media...

This paper analyses Belgian marital property law from an estate planning perspective. After a brief analysis of the default legal community regime, the focus is on contracts of community and separation of property and several clauses and techniques in such contracts to further planning...