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
Contracts for the Sale and Purchase of Land: Purchasers’ Remedies, Report for Discussion 21
This report addresses the current state of the law (as of the time of publication) concerning situations where a purchaser of land has fulfilled his or her obligations under the purchase contract, but the vendor has not transferred the land. In Semelhago v. Paramadevan, [1996] 2 SCR 415, the Supreme Court of Canada determined that in most such cases, the purchaser will be entitled to damages, but not specific performance (i.e., receipt of the land in […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | obligation, paramadevan, performance, semelhago, contract, damages, Land, purchase, remedy, sale |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | rfd021.pdf |
March 2, 2009
Family Law v. 18.2–Spousal Support, Report for Discussion 18.2
At the time of publication, Alberta’s law relating to spousal support after a divorce was unique in Canada, in that it incorporated the “fault doctrine.” This doctrine holds that in order to obtain support, a spouse must prove that he or she is the “innocent party” in the divorce (i.e., not responsible for the marriage breakdown), and that the other spouse is culpable (i.e., responsible for the marriage breakdown). This report suggests the elimination of […]
| AREA OF LAW | Family Law |
| TAGS | obligation, husband, wife, relationship, child, maintenance, marriage, minor, support |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | rfd18.2.pdf |
October 2, 1998