Advocatenkantoor Swart

About Advocatenkantoor Swart

Advocatenkantoor Swart is a law firm in Roosendaal, specialising in personal and family law and youth law. The firm also offers mediation and handles civil law matters.

Personal and family law

The firm provides guidance on matters including divorce, maintenance, parental authority, contact and other family matters. It can advise, negotiate, mediate and represent clients in proceedings.

• Divorce, dissolution of a registered partnership and separation of cohabiting partners
• Parental authority and guardianship
• Substitute consent for decisions concerning parental authority
• Contact
• Maintenance
• Division of the estate
• Adoption
• Parentage, acknowledgement and denial of paternity
• Inheritance law
• Change of name

Youth law

Advocatenkantoor Swart provides legal support in child protection and proceedings involving minors. Mr. Swart also acts as a special guardian.

• Child protection
• Proceedings involving minors
• Supervision orders
• Out-of-home placements
• Appointment as special guardian

Mediation and general practice

As an MfN-registermediator (registered mediator with the Dutch Mediation Federation) and accredited family mediator, Mr. Swart guides discussions to help parties reach agreements together. For other civil law matters, the firm advises, negotiates and, where necessary, conducts proceedings.

• Mediation for divorce and disputes about children
• Law of obligations
• General civil law practice

Practical information

The firm works under the High Trust arrangement with the Raad voor Rechtsbijstand (Dutch Legal Aid Board). The firm discusses the costs and options during the first meeting.