Activities
Expert seminars
3rd Expert Seminar
Antwerp, 11 and 12 May 2017
Conveners: I. Boone (KU Leuven) & W.D. Kolkman (University of Groningen)
Third expert seminar on Legal Protection of the Elderly & on International Families
RETHINKIN chose “Parents and Children” as theme for its 2017 activities on drawing a Roadmap. It will study the exercise of parental responsibilities regarding the child’s person, residence and contact as well as property matters.
RETHINKIN. program
Thursday 11 May 2017
Parents & Children: the child’s person and residence
10.00 Registration & Coffee
10.30 Welcome and Introduction: What is Parenthood?
Prof. dr. Frederik Swennen (University Antwerp and RETHINKIN Chairman)
Session 1. Parents & Children: General Issues
Chair: Prof. dr. M. Antokolskaia (VU Amsterdam)
10.45 Parental responsibilities in a European perspective
Prof. dr. Josep Ferrer Riba (U. Pompeu Fabra)
11.15 Children’s procedural rights (best interests, right to be heard, right to be involved in proceedings or to initiate proceedings): a comparative overview
Prof. dr. Lieke Coenraad (VU Amsterdam)
11.45 Discussion
12.15 Lunch
Session 2. Exercise of parental responsibilities regarding the child’s person
Chair: Prof. dr. G. Verschelden (Ghent University)
13.30 Exercise of parental responsibilities regarding the child’s person in Germany
Prof. dr. Anatol Dutta (University of Munich)
13.55 Exercise of parental responsibilities regarding to the child’s person in England and Wales
Prof. dr. Jens M. Scherpe (University of Cambridge)
14.20 The ECtHR and conflicts between parents
Prof. dr. Geoffrey Willems (Université Catholique de Louvain)
14.45 Discussion
15.00 Coffee break
Session 3. Residence and Contact
Chair: Prof. dr. W.M. Schrama (University of Utrecht)
15.20 Residence and contact in Belgium
Prof. dr. Ingrid Boone (KU Leuven)
15.45 Residence and contact in Spain and Catalonia
Prof. dr. Monica Navarro Michel (University of Barcelona)
16.10 Joint physical custody and the subjective well-being of children and divorced parents
Prof. dr. Sofie Vanassche (KU Leuven)
16.35 Discussion
17.00 End
19.00 Dinner
Friday 12 May 2017
Parents & Children: property matters
Session 1. Children and inheritance law: intestate and compulsory shares
Chair: Prof. dr. W.D. Kolkman (University of Groningen)
10.00 Welcome and introduction by prof. dr. W.D. Kolkman (University of Groningen)
10.05 The (Proposed) Belgian Reform of Succession Law from a Child’s Perspective
Prof. dr. Charlotte Declerck (University Hasselt)
10.35 Family provision in civil law systems
Prof. dr. W.D. Kolkman (University of Groningen)
Session 2. Supervision: quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
11.05 Supervision of the administering of the child’s assets in the Netherlands
Mr. dr. J.H.M. ter Haar (University of Groningen)
11.35 Discussion
12.00 Concluding remarks
Prof. dr. Frederik Swennen (University Antwerp and RETHINKIN Chairman)
12.30 Lunch
2nd Expert Seminar
Amsterdam, 12 September 2016
Utrecht, 13 September 2016
Conveners: Masha Antokolskaia (VU Amsterdam) & Wendy Schrama (UUtrecht)
Powerpoints of the presentations of 12 September 2016
Programme:
Monday 12 September 2016
Legal protection of the elderly: from limitation of legal capacity to empowerment
- 10.20 Welcome address by prof. dr. Masha Antokolskaia (VU Amsterdam, ACFL, the Netherlands)
- 10.40 Key note: A comparative overview of elderly protection measures in Europe
Adrian Ward (Scotland, Solicitor, TC Young Solicitors)
Session 1. Protecting the elderly by Adult Guardianship Measures
Chair Prof. Dr. Gerd Verschelden (University of Gent, Belgium)
- 11.10 Protecting the elderly by Adult Guardianship Measures in Germany
Dr. Maria Mammeri-Latzel (Guardianship judge Betreuungsgericht Berlin, Germany) - 11.30 Coffee break
- 11.50 Protecting the elderly by Adult Guardianship Measures in Belgium
Prof. dr. Frederik Swennen (University of Antwerp, Belgium) - 12.10 Protecting the elderly by Adult Guardianship Measures in the Netherlands
Dr. Kees Blankman (VU Amsterdam, ACFL, the Netherlands) - 12.30 Comparative discussion
- 13.00 Lunch
Session 2. Continuing powers of attorney
Chair Prof. dr. Leon Verstappen Notarial Institute RUG, the Netherlands
- 14.00 Experiences with Continuing Powers of Attorney in the Netherlands
Prof. dr. Wilbert Kolkman (Notarial Institute RUG, the Netherlands) - 14.20 Experiences with Continuing Powers of Attorney in Belgium and France
Elisabeth Adriaanse (University of Leuven, Belgium) - 14.40 Experiences with Continuing Powers of Attorney in Scandinavia
Dr. Torbjörn Odlöw (Department of Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden) - 15.00 Comparative Discussion
- 15.20 Coffee break
Session 3. Protecting the elderly by focusing on autonomy and actual capacity
Chair Dr. Kees Blankman (VU Amsterdam, ACFL, the Netherlands)
- 15.40 Participation of elderly persons in decision-making
Prof. dr. Tineke Abma (VU MC, the Netherlands) - 16.00 The legal assessment of competency
Dr. Esther Pans (VU Amsterdam, ACFL, the Netherlands) - 16.20 Discussion
Followed by Reception and dinner
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Venue: University of Utrecht, Molengraaff Instituut voor Privaatrecht, Janskerkof 12, Utrecht.
International families
Session 1. Towards a Ius Commune Casebook on International and European Family Law?
Chair Prof. dr. Masha Antokolskaia, ACFL, VU Amsterdam
10.30 Welcome and introduction by prof. dr. Frederik Swennen (University of Antwerp)
10.35 Discussion chaired by Dimitri Droshout (Ius Commune Casebook Project, KU Leuven and UM)
12.00 Lunch
Session 2. The Empowering European Families project of the ELI and the EC
Chair Prof. dr. Wendy Schrama, UCERF, UUtrecht
13.00 The EEF project explained
Prof. dr. Wendy Schrama (Utrecht University)
13.20 Reflections from a private international law perspective
Prof. dr. Mirela Župan (Strossmayer University of Osijek)
13.40 Discussion
14.10 Coffee Break
14.30 Reflections from a substantive law perspective
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14.50 Discussion
15.20 A communication science perspective on awareness raising
tbc
15.40 Discussion
Session 3. Dissemination and Funding Opportunities
16.00 Launching of the open access forum www.familyandlaw.eu
Wirt Soetenhorst (Boom Juridische Uitgevers)
16.30 Funding opportunities
Dr. Jude Murrison, Research manager FAMCARE University of Antwerp
17.00 Reception