What are the legal abilities of my child?
Belgium
English
Do you have a child aged 16-18 years?
  • The age of 18 signifies several abilities and responsibilities in Belgium;
    • legal adulthood
    • legal responsibility
    • criminal responsibility
    • right and obligation to vote
    • right to be elected (except for Senate)
    • legal age for driving
    • minimum age to stop school
  • For children between 16 and 18
    • Legal age to drink beer and wine: 16
    • Legal age to drink spirits: 18
    • Legal age to buy tobacco products: 16
    • Legal age to fly an airplane: 16
    • Legal age to drive a car: 18
    • Legal age to have sex (legal age of consent): 16
    • Legal age to prostitute yourself: 18
    • Legal age to marry: 18
    • Compulsory education until the age of 18
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