I have just arrived from a meeting with a social assistant from La Ligue des Familles who confirmed…read morewhat many people have been telling me: the part of the divorce agreement concerning child support, mediated via one of the lawyers in this office, was 'an aberration', and we were strongly advised to go to court to get things right, obviously with a different lawyer. In a way, it was not a surprise, considering the consistent and exasperating slowness, lack of interest and passiveness of the aforementioned lawyer throughout a process which lasted nearly 1,5 years (mediation only) - unless when it came to billing time of course.
If you are an expat with barely any knowledge of the legal framework in Belgium, please stay away.