Publications
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
Dower Act: Life Estate, Report for Discussion 37
The Dower Act protects a spouse if the couple’s home is owned by the other spouse. It applies to a “homestead” which is a parcel of land where the owner lives or has lived. The Dower Act became law in Alberta over one hundred years ago. The last substantial reforms were in 1948. The Alberta Law Reform Institute’s (ALRI) research and consultation shows that the Dower Act functions largely as intended, but it is outdated […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Family Law Property |
| TAGS | separate, vulnerable, life estate, adult interdependent parter, insolvent, planning, home, homestead, sell, disposition, ownership, transfer, real estate, common law, consent, dower, estate, Land, lease, mobile home, mortgage, spouse, will |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RFD37.pdf |
November 24, 2021
Dower Act: Consent to Disposition, Report for Discussion 36
The Dower Act protects a spouse if the couple’s home is owned by the other spouse. It applies to a “homestead” which is a parcel of land where the owner lives or has lived. The Dower Act became law in Alberta over one hundred years ago. The last substantial reforms were in 1948. The Alberta Law Reform Institute’s (ALRI) research and consultation shows that the Dower Act functions largely as intended, but it is outdated […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Family Law Property |
| TAGS | separate, vulnerable, life estate, adult interdependent parter, insolvent, planning, home, homestead, sell, disposition, ownership, transfer, real estate, common law, consent, dower, estate, Land, lease, mobile home, mortgage, spouse, will |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RFD36.pdf |
November 23, 2021
Tenancies of Mobile Home Sites, Final Report 28
This report contains a proposed Act that balances the sometimes conflicting interests of the parties to tenancies of mobile home sites, and that will still provide the parties with appropriate and convenient new rights, responsibilities, and remedies. This report covers special features of tenancies of mobile home sites, trends towards statutory regulation, the scope of the proposed legislation, the tenancy agreement, obligations of landlord and tenant, remedies, failure to give possession, termination of tenancies, security […]
| AREA OF LAW | Landlord and Tenant Property |
| TAGS | agre, landlord, mobile home, quiet enjoyment, rent, residential, tenancy, tenant |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr028.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act, SA 1982, c M-18.5 (now RSA 2000, c M-20). |
April 3, 1978