Publications
Administration of Family Law: The Unified Family Court: Constitutional Opinions, Research Paper 11
This paper comprises opinions by Professor W.R. Lederman, Q.C., and Professor P.N. McDonald, on the constitutional validity (at the time of publication) of a unified family court in Alberta, including both federally appointed and provincially appointed judges (i.e. judges appointed by the Governor General in Council and the Lieutenant Governor in Council). Professor McDonald’s opinion is actually comprised of a number of smaller opinions written in 1976 and 1977, which include responses to some other […]
| AREA OF LAW | Children Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
| TAGS | province, jurisdiction, constitution, Court, divorce, family, marriage, matrimonial |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RPNo.11.pdf |
May 4, 1978
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
Matrimonial Support, Final Report 27
This report addresses the law of financial support between husband and wife insofar as it falls under the legislative jurisdiction of the province. The report contains a draft of the proposed Act, which would give effect to the institute’s recommendations. The report covers the substantive law that establishes and regulates the support obligation between husband and wife. It reviews the process by which the existence of the obligation is established and quantified in a particular […]
| TAGS | divorce, family law, maintenance, marriage, persons and social laws, support |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr027.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
The Domestic Relations Amendment Act, 1977, SA 1977, c 64 (now Maintenance Enforcement Act, RSA 2000, c M-1), establishing a collection service for support orders which is generally consistent with though different in detail from our recommendations, and providing improved collection procedures which are similar to but in several particulars more stringent than our proposals); The Social Development Amendment Act, 1977 (No. 2), SA 1977, c 92 (now Social Development Act, RSA 2000, c S-12, ss .14, 15); The Consumer and Corporate Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 1978, SA 1978, c 49, s 2 amending the Debtors’ Assistance Act (now RSA 2000, c D-6, ss 3(2), 3(3), 4(e)-(f), (6)). (Our proposals for change in the substantive law have not yet been implemented.) |
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 […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts |
| TAGS | amicus, child, Court, divorce, family, legal aid, maintenance, social services |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr026.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
Some recommendations carried out by administrative action. |
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 […]
| TAGS | access, child, custody, divorce, family, marriage, support, Unified Family Court |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr025.pdf |
April 1, 1978
Custody Orders and Constitutional Provisions
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-78_12-Custody-Orders_Greaves.pdf |
January 12, 1978
Judicial Notice
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts Procedure |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-78_11-Judicial-Notice_Flanz.pdf |
January 11, 1978
Empirical Study of Edmonton Retailers – Policies for Dissatisfied Consumer Purchases
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-78_10-RetailersPolicies_Enzle.pdf |
January 10, 1978
Shareholders’ Remedies
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-78_9-Shareholders-Remedies_Daines.pdf |
January 9, 1978
Security Certificates, Registers and Transfers
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-78_8-Security-Certs_Brown.pdf |
January 8, 1978