Carolyn Vanthienen

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Carolyn Vanthienen is an attorney-at-law with an advanced master’s degree in notarial law. She specializes in national and international family law and family property law. Her practice focuses on advising and assisting clients in negotiations and litigation, particularly in matters of probate and succession, divorce, maintenance, custody, and the division of assets after divorce or death. Carolyn also provides counsel on adoption and filiation issues.

Since 2017, Carolyn has been a member of the Family Litigation Team at Tiberghien, a leading law firm with offices in Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland.

She is an active member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and is a contributor to the Chambers Global Practice Guide on Family Law, the Legal 500 Family Law Comparative Guide, and the International Legal Comparative Guide on Family Law. Carolyn is also a published author, with works focusing on (international) family law.

Languages Spoken: Dutch, French and English

Practice Areas: Adoption, Appeals, Child Care/Public Law, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Insolvency, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Taxation, Finance: Trusts, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Succession Law, Surrogacy

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