9 documents
Family & relationships
Cohabitation, marriage, children and separation under Swedish family law. Each document below is written and reviewed by Swedish lawyers, has one fixed price, and comes with an English explanation of the rules behind it.
Cohabitation agreement
Swedish: SamboavtalSets out what happens to your shared home and household goods if you separate. Without one, the Cohabitees Act splits both equally no matter who paid, which is the single most common surprise for unmarried couples in Sweden.
Prenuptial agreement
Swedish: ÄktenskapsförordA marital property agreement (äktenskapsförord) makes named assets private property, so they are left out of the division if you divorce or one of you dies. It must be registered with the Swedish Tax Agency to be valid.
Division of property agreement
Swedish: BodelningsavtalThe document that formally divides your assets when a marriage or a cohabiting relationship ends. Banks require it before they will move a mortgage, and without it either party can reopen the division years later.
Divorce application
Swedish: SkilsmässoansökanThe application to the Swedish district court that begins a divorce. It covers whether you apply jointly or alone, any children under 16, and whether a six-month reconsideration period applies before the divorce can be granted.
Child maintenance agreement
Swedish: UnderhållsbidragsavtalA written agreement on how much maintenance one parent pays for a child, when it is paid and how it is adjusted. A written agreement is what Försäkringskassan and, if it ever comes to it, the enforcement authority will look at.
Family carer agreement
Swedish: AnhörigvårdsavtalWritten terms between a family who needs care and the relative providing it: hours, tasks, compensation, holidays and how either side ends the arrangement. It turns an unspoken expectation into something both sides have agreed.
Pet custody agreement
Swedish: HusdjursavtalDecides who keeps the animal if you separate, and who pays for food, insurance and vet bills. Swedish law treats a pet as property, so without an agreement it goes to whoever can prove ownership, not to whoever cares for it.
Revocation of a prenuptial agreement
Swedish: Upphävande av äktenskapsförordCancels an existing äktenskapsförord so that your property becomes marital property again. Like the original, the revocation only takes effect once it has been registered with the Swedish Tax Agency.
Custody, residence and contact agreement
Swedish: Vårdnads-, boende- och umgängesavtalCovers legal custody, where the child lives and how contact with the other parent works. Once approved by the social welfare committee it is legally binding and enforceable in the same way as a court judgment.
