Complete marriage contract and amendments
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Overview of assets and debts
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Death details if applicable
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Wills and gifts
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Already made declarations of choice
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"The other party may find your choice difficult without you having done anything wrong."
Your questions, step by step
A choice following the death of your partner can be difficult. We explain what your marriage contract allows and how much time you have to decide.
Why do I go to the notaire for this?
A choice clause in the marriage contract can provide the surviving spouse with various options. The existing text determines what is possible and within which timeframe.
What can I choose if my spouse dies?
Have the entire marriage contract reviewed.
Map out the assets, debts, and needs of the surviving spouse.
Compare the consequences and record the choice in the required manner.
How does this proceed and how long does it take?
The deadline derives from your contract and the concrete settlement. Do not wait after a death until the tax declaration deadline is nearly passed.
Which documents should I provide to the notaire?
What does the notaire do and investigate?
- What choices does the complete contract allow?
- What deadline and form does it prescribe?
- Which assets and debts are included?
- What do the options mean for the surviving spouse, children and taxes?
We agree on which searches the office will conduct and which information you, your bank or another expert will provide.
What should I pay attention to before I sign?
Check which assets the choice concerns and what each option means for income, children and inheritance tax. A choice clause does not automatically execute every desired option.
Is a passage still unclear? Feel free to ask for an explanation with an example from your own situation. Only sign when you understand what you are agreeing to.
What else must I arrange afterwards?
Coordinate bank instructions, real estate formalities and declarations with the established choice.
Which practical tips can help me?
Ask for at least two concrete scenarios, with the consequences both upon this death and upon a later death.
What do these words mean?
- Choice clause
- a contractual option for the surviving spouse to choose from certain property arrangements.
- Surviving spouse
- the spouse who outlives the other.
Where can I find more explanation or help?
You do not have to phrase your question in legal terms. Tell what concerns you, what you want to arrange and if an important date is approaching.
We will look together at the next step. We agree in advance on how the office will assist you and what costs are involved.
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