Publications
Family Maintenance and Support from the Estate of a Person Who Stood in the Place of a Parent, Final Report 117
Family Maintenance and Support from the Estate of a Person Who Stood in the Place of a Parent, Final Report 117 recommends that the Wills and Succession Act be reformed to allow a child to apply for family maintenance and support from the estate of a person who stood in the place of a parent. Who is a Person Standing in the Place of a Parent? To be in place of a parent a person must […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Family Law |
| TAGS | stepfather, stepmother, blended family, disability, stepchild, equality, stepparent, planning, in loco parentis, fairness, testamentary, child, common law, divorce, estate, family, freedom, maintenance, relief, succession, support, will |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | FR117.pdf |
January 25, 2022
Rules of Court Project, Final Report 95
This report sets out the process by which ALRI has proposed Rules for the revision of the Alberta Rules of Court. The Rules of Court Committee requested ALRI to review the Alberta Rules of Court. The ultimate goal of the project was to produce clear, more useable and more effective Rules. Other goals included increased fairness, timeliness, cost effectiveness and accessibility. Through extensive consultation, ALRI created a list of proposed Rules. They are arranged in […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts |
| TAGS | fairness, justice, Appeal, Court, evidence, lawsuit, Limitation, Practice, Rule, Service, Substantive, Validity |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | FR95_updated.pdf |
October 29, 2008
Family Law v. 18.1–Overview, Report for Discussion 18.1
This report presents the criticisms of Family Law (as it stood at the time of publication) that led to the initiation of the Family Law project by the ALRI. Chief among these criticisms: much of Alberta family law is outdated; family Law is split up among several different pieces of legislation; different parts of Alberta family law are not consistent with each other; family law is controlled by numerous different bodies, with no central authority. […]
| AREA OF LAW | Children Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
| TAGS | consistency, compatibility, uniform, fairness, legislation, Substantive |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | rfd18.1.pdf |
October 2, 1998