Despite the legal equality between husband and wife in marriage, there remains an enormous factual inequality that does not seem equitable. Many women remain in a weak financial and economical position, given the possibility in many continental jurisdictions such as Belgium, France, the...

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...

This paper is the general comparative conclusion of a Belgo-Dutch research project (and book) where we have examined how the situation of being married or not, impacts the legal position of the couple. This has been explored, systematically for Belgium and for the Netherlands, on the level of...