To organize one’s patrimony, so that it may be efficiently protected, is something that one really needs to think about in the due respect of laws and interests of one’s family members. This protection sometimes entails the creation of distinct patrimonies, such as companies, Belgian or foreign foundations, or even Anglo-Saxon trusts.

Personal assets protection is essential to patrimony organization. As far as personal assets are concerned, one must make sure to protect one’s assets from one’s creditors, whoever they may be, tax administration included, who is most of the time the most unpredictable creditor of all and who also has important powers which may be damaging to personal assets.

As far as family is concerned, patrimony must be organized for the couple, whether married or not, the children and other heirs, even more if it is a case of blended family or successive marriages. Patrimony protection for both the whole family and each of its members often entails solutions that have to be quickly set up, or at least long before the death, if one wants to get away from inheritance taxes which are, in some cases, quite heavy in our country.