Publications
Alteration and Revocation of Electronic Wills, Recommendations Summary
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
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FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | Recommendations-Summary.pdf |
March 6, 2024
Alteration and Revocation of Electronic Wills, Consultation Summary
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
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FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | Consultation-summary.pdf |
Alteration and Revocation of Electronic Wills, Final Report 120
In this report, the Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) makes recommendations for the alteration and revocation of electronic wills. To make these recommendations, ALRI reviewed the changes made to the Uniform Wills Act (“Uniform Act”). The Uniform Law Conference of Canada (“ULCC”) amended the Uniform Act to promote the uniform development of wills law across Canada with respect to electronic wills. ALRI compared the Uniform Act to other jurisdictions in Canada and abroad, researched the […]
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
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FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | FR120.pdf |
Creation of Electronic Wills, Consultation Results
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
TAGS | consultation, cloud, remote, signature, survey, planning, electronic, online, digital, formalities, testamentary, rules, estate, will, witness |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | Creation-of-Wills_Consultation-Results.pdf |
November 2, 2023
Creation of Electronic Wills, Summary
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
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FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | EWills_summary.pdf |
October 19, 2023
Creation of Electronic Wills, Consultation Summary
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
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FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | EWIlls_Consultation-Summary_final.pdf |
Creation of Electronic Wills, Final Report 119
People are increasingly using digital tools to manage their personal affairs. In some jurisdictions, wills are no longer restricted to paper and individuals are beginning to execute their testamentary documents using electronic tools. In Alberta, the Wills and Succession Act governs the creation of wills but does not address wills created using electronic means. This leads to a lack of clarity for lawyers, estate professionals, and the public. ALRI conducted extensive consultations with the public […]
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
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FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | FR119.pdf |
October 10, 2023
2022-2023 Annual Report
TAGS | financials, annual, report |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | 2023_AR_web.pdf |
July 21, 2023
Dower Act, Final Report 118
The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) is recommending replacing the Dower Act with new legislation. The Dower Act protects a spouse if the couple’s home is solely owned by the other spouse. It has two features that prevent a non-owner spouse from losing their home unexpectedly: Consent to disposition: The owner cannot sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise transfer the homestead without the non-owner’s consent. Life estate: After the owner’s death, the non-owner can keep the homestead for […]
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Family Law Property |
TAGS | home, disposition, real estate, wills, consent, contract, dower, estate, marriage, Rights |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | FR118.pdf |
September 26, 2022
Alberta Dower Act Consultation Summary
This document summarizes the results of consultations ALRI conducted for the it’s law reform project on the Alberta Dower Act. ALRI ran two online surveys. Both surveys were open from 3 December 2021 to 7 March 2022. One survey was aimed at the general public – the general survey. Another survey was aimed at professionals who use the Dower Act in their work, including lawyers, real estate brokers and agents, landmen, and estate planners or administrators […]
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Family Law Property Real Property |
TAGS | homeowner, trailer, bank, occupant, landmen, homeless, adult interdependent partner, estate plan, condo, life estate, home, homestead, house, husband, wife, disposition, real estate, partner, common law, consent, death, dower, lease, loss, mobile home, mortgage, owner, spouse, tenant |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | Dower_consultation_summary.pdf |
September 9, 2022