Family Law Administration: Court Services, Final Report 26

This report recommends that court services outlined in this report, if acceptable, be given effect to without waiting for the establishment of a unified family court so that they can serve the people of Alberta and so that they can be adapted to the structure of a unified family court when that structure is decided upon and the court established. This report is concerned primarily with the social and legal services which have been developed […]

April 2, 1978

Family Law Administration: the Unified Family Court, Final Report 25

This report was created to make specific recommendations towards the creation of a family law section of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta. This report does not contain draft legislation for a unified family court and deals only with the structure of the court itself. Court services are addressed in Report No. 26, Family Law Administration: Court Services. The report canvasses developments in other provinces, and discusses why there is a need […]

April 1, 1978

Matrimonial Property, Final Report 18

This is an extensive and large report regarding the feasibility of legislation that, upon dissolution of marriage, would give each spouse the right to an equal share in the assets accumulated during the marriage other than by gift or inheritance from outside sources. Three major proposals for change are judicial discretion, community of property, and deferred sharing. This report analyzes the committee’s majority and minority views on these proposals. Regarding judicial discretion, the law could […]

August 1, 1975

Matrimonial Property in Alberta: Facts and Attitudes

January 3, 1974

Declaration of Paternity

Illegitimacy

January 2, 1974

The Status of the Common Law Wife in Relation to the Fatal Accidents Act

Chart of Family Law – Scope and Progress

Change of Name Act

An Examination of the Income Tax Consequences of New Matrimonial Property Regime for Alberta