Wat is een huwelijksvoordeel? (What is a Marital Advantage?)

Notarieel en Fiscaal Maandblad, pp. 292-297, 2005

Posted: 10 Oct 2011

See all articles by Alain-Laurent Verbeke

Alain-Laurent Verbeke

KU Leuven - Faculty of Law; Harvard Law School; KU Leuven - Faculty of Psychology; Tilburg Law School

Hélène Casman

Independent

Date Written: October 5, 2005

Abstract

In this paper we sketch the criteria for a theory of marital advantages in Belgian marital property and inheritance law. The argument goes that the articles 1464 and 1465 of the Belgian Civil Code determine the rules and limits for property transfers between spouses to be qualified as for value and consideration (immune for forced heirship claims by children). Above a certain cap, these transfers may remain marital advantages, however for that fraction not immune anymore to such forced heirship claims. We argue that this theory applies to both systems of community property and separation of property.

Note: Downloadable document is in Dutch.

Keywords: Marital Property Law, Inheritance Law, Marital Advantage, Forced Heirship

JEL Classification: K11, K12

Suggested Citation

Verbeke, Alain-Laurent P. G. and Casman, Hélène, Wat is een huwelijksvoordeel? (What is a Marital Advantage?) (October 5, 2005). Notarieel en Fiscaal Maandblad, pp. 292-297, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1939092

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