Publications
Family Maintenance and Support from the Estate of a Person that Stood in the Place of a Parent, Report for Discussion 34
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Children Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
TAGS | blended, step, mother, father, sibling, application, in loco parentis, raise, adopt, obligation, parent, money, inheritance, adoption, children, death, estate, family, maintenance, minor, support, will |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | RFD34.pdf |
November 3, 2020
Competence and Communication in the Alberta Evidence Act, Report 27
On occasion, a court must determine whether a proposed witness is competent to give evidence. The question arises with child witnesses and may also arise for adults with cognitive impairment. Alberta legislation about competence has not kept pace with modern knowledge about children’s abilities, and fails to address adults with cognitive impairment. It also has a gap affecting witnesses who use alternative means of communication. This Report for Discussion contains preliminary recommendations for updating Alberta […]
AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Constitutional and Public Law Courts Procedure |
TAGS | children, cognitive impairment, communication, competence, evidence, witness |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | rfd027.pdf |
August 1, 2015
Succession and Posthumously Conceived Children, Report for Discussion 23
This report discusses the position of posthumously conceived children under the law of succession in Alberta and outlines some possible options for reform. It is unlikely that parentage can be established for posthumously conceived children under Alberta`s Family Law Act, and therefore the link for inheritance purposes is missing. Even if parentage could be established, the fact that reproduction occurs sometime after the death of one of the parents brings in other factors affecting whether and […]
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Children Family Law |
TAGS | inheiritance, intestacy, parentage, posthumous, children, succession, will |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | RFD23_web.pdf |
February 2, 2012
Reform of the Intestate Succession Act, Report for Discussion 16
A person who dies without a valid will is known as “intestate.” The distribution of such a person’s assets was (at the time of this report’s publication) determined by the Intestate Succession Act, RSA 1980, c I-9. This Act was based on a system of property distribution developed in 1670 (the Statute of Distribution). This report asserts that this scheme of distribution was out of date, and that the will of those who died intestate could be […]
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
TAGS | intestacy, history, social, trend, children, distribution, estate, share, spouse |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | rfd16.pdf |
January 2, 1996
Status of Children, Final Report 20
The law distinguishes between persons born i n wedlock and persons born out of wedlock. The distinctions are to the disadvantage of the person born out of wedlock, and we see no reason why the law should not do what it can to remove t h a t disadvantage. To that end, we will propose that the legal distinction between legitimate children and illegitimate children be done away with.
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Children Family Law |
TAGS | legitimate, fair, wedlock, equal, marital, guardian, children, illegitimate, marriage, status |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | fr020.pdf |
June 17, 1976
Artificial Insemination and Illegitimacy
AREA OF LAW | Children Family Law |
TAGS | artificial, insemination, genetic, illegitimacy, planning, reproduction, children, estate |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | urp-75_24-Artificial-Insem_Pritchard.pdf |
January 3, 1975
Declaration of Paternity
AREA OF LAW | Children Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
TAGS | father, parent, children, family, marriage, matrimonial, paternity |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | urp-74_21-Paternity_Malhotra.pdf |
January 3, 1974
Chart of Family Law – Scope and Progress
AREA OF LAW | Family Law |
TAGS | children, custody, divorce, family, marriage |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | urp-74_4-Chart-of-Fam-Law_Shone.pdf |
January 2, 1974
Cases decided Under the British Columbia Testator’s Family Maintenance Act Involving Adult Children Petitioners
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession |
TAGS | adult, dependent, children, estate, family, maintenance, support |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | urp-73_19-Adult-Child-Petitioners_Burrows.pdf |
January 1, 1973
Federal Constitutional Problems in Relation to the Proposed Family Court for Alberta
AREA OF LAW | Family Law |
TAGS | assets, children, Court, custody, divorce, family, matrimonial, separation |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | urp-73_17-Constitutional-Probl-Family-Court_Lederman.pdf |