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Matrimonial Property: Division of Pension Benefits Upon Marriage Breakdown, Final Report 48

This report recommends amendments to the Matrimonial Property Act to improve the division of the benefits of a pension plan upon marriage breakdown. It covers all pension plans that fall under provincial jurisdiction or that can be reached by Alberta court orders. Recommendations are designed to achieve fairness, minimize the future entanglement of spouses' financial affairs, encourage settlements, minimize financial and emotional costs, and protect the interests of the employers and other employees in pension plans and [...]

By |2023-01-27T10:57:37-07:00August 2nd, 1986|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Survivorship, Final Report 47

This report recommends a new rule to cover the case in which property is to go to B on A's death and there is doubt which of them died first. The Alberta Survivorship Act currently provides that in cases of doubt the older of the two will be deemed to have died first. This report proposes a new rule that B, the beneficiary, would be deemed to have died first unless it can be proved that he [...]

By |2023-01-27T10:57:53-07:00August 1st, 1986|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Status of Children: Revised Report, Final Report 60

This report is a reissue and update from of Report 20, Status of Children, June 1976. The report provided detailed reasons and recommends that there will be one status for all children; that the legal relationship of child and parent be dependent on their biological relationship; that with the exception of parental guardianship, all rights and obligations of the child born out of wedlock, of a parent, or of any other person be determined in [...]

By |2021-09-17T18:49:35-06:00May 29th, 1991|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Section 195 of the Land Titles Act, Final Report 63

This report recommends that section 195 of the Land Titles Act be amended so that purchasers may rely on the Land Titles Office register. The amended section should make it clear that actual or constructive notice of an off-register interest does not affect a non-fraudulent purchaser who acquires an interest from the registered or caveated owner of the interest. This report contains a draft of an amended section 195. Section 195 protects the purchaser against finding that [...]

By |2020-05-29T15:58:27-06:00February 1st, 1993|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Advance Directives and Substitute Decision-Making in Personal Health Care, Final Report 64

Present law relating to substitute healthcare decision-making is deficient, as it requires that consent be obtained but does not provided a practical mechanism for doing so. The law also fails to provide individuals with a mechanism for planning for their own incapacity with respect to healthcare decisions. This report contains 28 recommendations and contains draft legislation entitled Health Care Instructions Act which would create the advance directive, create the healthcare agent or proxy, and integrate the scheme [...]

By |2021-01-21T13:06:11-07:00March 28th, 1993|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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The Domestic Relations Act (DRA) – Phase 1. Family Relationships: Obsolete Actions, Final Report 65

With the changes in attitude toward marriage and family that have occurred over past decades many provisions of the Domestic Relations Act have become outmoded. This report recommends the abolition of six obsolete matrimonial actions: restitution of conjugal rights, judicial separation, damages in tort for adultery, enticement or harbouring a spouse; damages in tort for harbouring of a child, damages in contract for breach of a promise of marriage, and jactitation of marriage. This report also recommends [...]

By |2021-01-21T13:03:26-07:00March 29th, 1993|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Non-Pecuniary Damages in Wrongful Death Actions, Final Report 66

This report recommends four significant changes in respect to recovery of damages for non-pecuniary loss in wrongful death action of the 1979 enacted section 8 of Fatal Accidents Act. First, the new term "damages for grief and loss of the guidance, care and companionship of the deceased" is used to describe more accurately what is being compensated. Second, the levels of damages (the existing level of damages has been rejected as totally inadequate) are raised to [...]

By |2021-01-21T13:05:24-07:00May 30th, 1993|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Transfers of Investment Securities, Final Report 67

This report is long and presents a comprehensive review of the existing law governing transfers and pledges of investment securities in Alberta. It contains a detailed examination of a wide range of issues that relate to current securities trading and holding practices. It proposes that uniform legislation be developed in consultation with other Canadian jurisdictions, but does not include draft legislation. The Alberta Business Corporations Act is the current Alberta law governing transfers of investments securities and [...]

By |2021-09-23T10:50:59-06:00June 29th, 1993|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Beneficiary Designations: RRSPs, RRIFs and Section 47 of the Trustee Act, Final Report 68

This report examines the issue whether section 47 of the Trustee Act ought to apply to RRSPs and RRIFs. It describes the scope and history of this project, looks at the existing law, and concludes that section 47 probably applies to RRSPs, even though its definition of "plan" does not mention them by name. The report also explores the fact that RRIFs as a type of "plan" within the meaning of section 47 is more doubtful. Arguments [...]

By |2020-05-29T15:23:10-06:00September 29th, 1993|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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