Family Law

Bill 22, dubbed the Resident and Family Councils Act, would impact public, private and non-profit long-term care and supportive living facilities. It would also stipulate that operators of those facilities work with councils on various issues, including food, services and activities. The government said Alberta Health will consult with long-term and supportive living facility operators, residents…

The dominant factor in consideration in the adoption of a child is always the best interest of the child which was reiterated in HRW (Re) 2017 ABQB Justice Graesser of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench dismissed an application by a stepfather to adopt a child without the father’s consent because there was no evidence…

The effect of contracts on Section 3: Child Support was recently deliberated in the Alberta Court of Appeals in the case of Caufield v Wong, 2017 ABCA 288.  Where the Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the Chambers Judge that notwithstanding changes in the circumstances of the mother no child support will be paid…

  Legal experts say that families looking to become Canadian permanent residents are being unfairly rejected by immigration officials and in some cases the federal government may be breaking the law.   The issue involves government’s failure to provide specific cost estimates in “procedural fairness letters” given to people who could be denied due to so-called “medical…

Judges in Alberta are contemplating a single forum for family law cases. Presently matters relating to divorce and the division of matrimonial property are covered by the Divorce Act and are heard in the Court of  Queen’s Bench. Other family law matters outside divorce are covered by the Family Law Act and are heard in the…