Legalization of marriage, divorce, new surname and gender in the Netherlands is a must

In Russian-speaking groups on social networks, you can often find discussion of various aspects of marriage. It happens, for example, that a woman who moved to IP from one of the post-Soviet countries is going to divorce her Dutch husband, and then it suddenly turns out that the marriage was not officially registered in the Netherlands. And according to the law, jointly acquired property can only be divided by official spouses or partners.

The legalization of marriage affects many aspects of living together. First of all, for fiscal partnership, and it gives a lot:

• Receiving a refund for a non-working partner, for example;
• Distribution of costs between partners. Successful redistribution during the filing of the tax return will help to maximize the return.

Also, fiscal partnership matters:

• When buying a house (you need to get the consent of the second partner);
• When the company is registered in the form of BV (in the event of a divorce, a part of the shares is due to the partner).
• Also, the legalization of marriage is taken into account when drawing up a will and a marriage contract.

Read more about the legalization of foreign marriage / divorce in the Netherlands in our article.