Lawyers specialised in civil law in Brussels

Litigius can advise you on your family and marital affairs and help you through certain events that require the support of lawyers.

Defending the rights of the family

The area of law that deals with family matters is quite broad. It includes the following main areas:

• Nationality
• Change of name, change of forename
• Matrimonial regimes: marriage, legal cohabitation,...
• Divorce and separation:
  • Annulment of marriage, divorce by mutual consent, irreparable differences, de facto separation, ...
  • Alimony and maintenance,...
  • Division of matrimonial property after divorce
  • Measures relating to the custody and maintenance of children in common: parental authority and accommodation of the child / guardian of the child, alimony (calculation of child maintenance),...
• Filiation and kinship: paternity / maternity challenges, paternity / maternity suits, establishment of paternity / maternity
• Adoption
• Inheritance law: inheritance, wills, inter vivos transfer, ...

Some areas related to family law concern subjects that are often essentially administrative cases, although an investigation or a short hearing before a court of law is necessary: change of nationality, surname or gender.

Other aspects are more related to procedures requiring the drafting of a contract that, in order to defend your rights and be valid in court, should ideally be drawn up by a lawyer specialising in family law. This is particularly true for matrimonial regimes (marriage contract or legal cohabitation) and inheritance questions (will to be drafted by the testator)

Lastly, there are situations that are very subject to litigation, such as the delicate question of divorce, filiation disputes or contesting a will. Indeed, these situations often result in the conclusion of a pre-drafted contract whose terms and conditions are not always considered "fair" by one or the other party.

Amicable dispute resolution

As far as possible, Litigius and its lawyers do their best to find an amicable solution between the various parties involved, for example by giving priority to a family mediation procedure, i.e. with a single mediator working for both parties.

An amicable procedure is advantageous for several reasons: it is faster and less expensive and the agreement is generally better respected by both parties than when the issue is decided by a court.

Nevertheless, sometimes the courts cannot be avoided. There are indeed cases where one of the parties has clearly been wronged and it is in their interest to fully assert their rights, especially in certain situations requiring divorce proceedings.