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No maintenance duty for parents convicted of serious family violence
Official title: Wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van het Burgerlijk Wetboek, teneinde de afstammeling vrij te stellen van elke verplichting tot levensonderhoud jegens de ascendent die schuldig is bevonden aan ernstig geweld tegen de betrokken afstammeling of tegen een van diens afstammelingen, diens ascendenten, diens broers of diens zussen.
Status: Parliament is still discussing this proposal, for example in a committee or while waiting for advice. (parliament: ‘Pending in the Chamber’)
In plain language
- Children are automatically freed from the legal duty to financially support an abusive parent or pay for their funeral expenses.
- This measure applies to children and family members whose parent was definitively convicted of serious acts of violence, abuse, or neglect.
- As a victim, you will no longer be forced to pay living expenses for a parent who severely harmed you or your close relatives.
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