| Net family income | Own share of the costs of the children | Ex-partner's need (60% Hofnorm) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 child | 2 children | 3 children | no children | 1 child | 2 children | 3 children | |
| € 2,000 | € 200 | € 345 | € 345 | € 1,200 | € 1,080 | € 993 | € 993 |
| € 2,500 | € 275 | € 475 | € 495 | € 1,500 | € 1,335 | € 1,215 | € 1,203 |
| € 3,000 | € 350 | € 605 | € 645 | € 1,800 | € 1,590 | € 1,437 | € 1,413 |
| € 3,500 | € 425 | € 735 | € 795 | € 2,100 | € 1,845 | € 1,659 | € 1,623 |
| € 4,000 | € 540 | € 905 | € 945 | € 2,400 | € 2,076 | € 1,857 | € 1,833 |
| € 4,500 | € 610 | € 1,025 | € 1,080 | € 2,700 | € 2,334 | € 2,085 | € 2,052 |
| € 5,000 | € 680 | € 1,145 | € 1,215 | € 3,000 | € 2,592 | € 2,313 | € 2,271 |
| € 5,500 | € 745 | € 1,260 | € 1,345 | € 3,300 | € 2,853 | € 2,544 | € 2,493 |
| € 6,000 | € 805 | € 1,375 | € 1,470 | € 3,600 | € 3,117 | € 2,775 | € 2,718 |
| € 6,500 | € 870 | € 1,485 | € 1,595 | € 3,900 | € 3,378 | € 3,009 | € 2,943 |
| € 7,000 | € 930 | € 1,590 | € 1,720 | € 4,200 | € 3,642 | € 3,246 | € 3,168 |
| € 7,500 | € 985 | € 1,695 | € 1,835 | € 4,500 | € 3,909 | € 3,483 | € 3,399 |
Amounts per month, rounded to whole euros — like the calculation core, so that table and calculation never differ by a euro. The own share columns are the amounts that, under the Trema needs table 2026, are first deducted from the family income; the need columns are 60% of what remains. Every row can be checked on screen. Example: at € 4,500 with one child that is 0.60 × (4,500 − 610) = € 2,334.
Methodology
The table is derived from the needs table that the Alimentatie Inzicht calculation core itself uses, with the Hofnorm as the core applies it:
need = 0.60 × max(0, net family income − own share of the costs of the children)
- The deduction comes first. The costs of the children take priority (Article 1:400 of the Dutch Civil Code) and are deducted before taking 60% of the family income. Leaving that step out systematically overstates the need: at € 4,500 with one child, € 2,700 instead of € 2,334 — a difference of over 15%.
- Own share: the Trema needs table 2026. The child-related budget is not deducted from it — since the Dutch Supreme Court ruling of 9 October 2015 that budget counts towards the income of the parent who receives it and does not lower the needs.
- Net family income: the joint net disposable income during the marriage, per month. See the NBI table 2026 to get from gross to net.
- Children: the columns follow the number of children for which an own share applies. The table does not continue beyond three children.
This is the need, not the amount that is paid
The need is the upper limit. What is actually paid is the lowest of three measures, and the other two can only lower the outcome:
- Neediness — the need minus the receiving partner's own net income.
- Capacity — what the payer can spare after their own expenses and after the full share of the costs of the children. See calculating capacity.
- Financial balance check (jusvergelijking) — a test that the recipient is not left with more than the payer.
On top of that come the duration (Article 1:157 of the Dutch Civil Code, Spousal Maintenance Revision Act 2020) and the tax gross-up: spousal maintenance paid is deductible at a capped rate (in 2026 at most 37.56%, the second-bracket rate of box 1) and the recipient pays tax on it. An amount from this table is therefore a net need, not a gross contribution.
Why your own amount may differ
The table assumes one family income and one number of children. Your own outcome also depends on actual housing costs, debts, the children's ages, the child-related budget, the length of the marriage and the incomes of both partners separately. At a net family income above € 7,500 per month, the need is in practice not derived from a table but substantiated with a list of the actual expenses during the marriage.
Using or citing this data
You may freely reproduce, embed or cite this table under CC BY 4.0, provided you credit the source. Suggested attribution:
“Hofnorm needs table 2026, Alimentatie Inzicht (Kompas Legal & Finance) — https://alimentatieinzicht.nl/en/spousal-maintenance-needs-table-2026.html”
The figures in this table are also published as data files on this site. Both files are generated at every publication from the same calculation core as the table above, and checked against it cell by cell, so they cannot differ from it.
2026 figures · free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with attribution · method as set out in the Rapport Alimentatienormen (Dutch Trema guidelines) of the Expertgroep Alimentatienormen, rechtspraak.nl.