According to your preferences and their legal and practical possibilities, you can either

1) marry  

2) enter into a legal cohabitation agreement  

3) or you can live together without any legal status

This lesson will discuss each status.

1. Marriage

1. Getting married in Belgium

2. Rights & obligations in marriage

3. End of marriage

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Tossing rice at the end of the ceremony is meant to symbolize rain, which is said to be a sign of prosperity, fertility and good fortune.

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Causes decreasing number of marriages

• Fewer young adults
• Rising popularity of other forms of cohabitation (legal cohabitation, living alone)
• Women are more economically independent
• Less arranged marriages
• Detraditionalization

• Change in divorce legislation (shorter)
• People live longer
• Increase in same-sex marriages, also leads to more divorces
• Women are more economically independent

2. Legal Cohabitation

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Evolution of legal cohabitation since 2000

• No formalities

• No rights and obligations

• No alimony

• No joint tax declaration

• No inheritence (unless there is a will)

So what do you think about the 3 status ?

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The commune where you live

http://sjtn.brussels/nl/de-gemeente/administratieve-stappen/burgerlijke-stand