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Greenille Private Client quoted by De Tijd regarding post-divorce wealth management

Bart Verdickt, Patrizia Macaluso and Katalien Bollen share their expertise

9 December 2019

Bart VerdicktPatrizia Macaluso and Katalien Bollen from the Greenille Private Client team were quoted by De Tijd regarding the division and distribution of estates after divorces.

In anglosaxon countries, a divorce by default leads to a sizeable share of the estate being attributed to an ex-spouse. In contrast, Belgium has a legal framework allowing a more evenly managed and negotiated post-divorce division of an estate, rendering the anglosaxon model an exception here.

Greenille Private Client's experts outline the legal tools available to better prepare estate divisions, such as pre-marital contracts, and go beyond the purely legal by also looking at the emotional aspects in this regard.

Read the article published by De Tijd

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