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
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
Family Law Project – The Conclusion, Final Report 93
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 | Family Law |
| TAGS | relationship, parent, birth, child, maintenance, minor, status, support |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr093.pdf |
June 29, 2004
Family Law v. 18.3–Child Support, Report for Discussion 18.3
This report was written to address five concerns about child support law at the time of its publication, viz.: the inadequacy of child support awarded; inconsistency of award between similar families; inefficiency in assessment; inequality based on “legitimacy” of birth; and unaddressed complexities based on the inter-relation between spousal support, custody of children, and child support. This report expounds recommendations for a new approach to child support, which is meant to foster equality for all […]
| AREA OF LAW | Children Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
| TAGS | definition, relationship, parent, birth, child, maintenance, minor, status, support |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | rfd18.3.pdf |
October 2, 1998
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 |
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 […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Children Family Law |
| TAGS | child, custody, guardianship, illegitimate, paternity, status, succession, support |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr060.pdf |
May 29, 1991
Status of Children: Revised Report, Final Report 45
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 […]
| AREA OF LAW | Children Family Law |
| TAGS | child, custody, guardianship, illegitimate, paternity, status, support |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr045.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
Substantially enacted, pursuant to the recommendations in Report 60 by the Family and Domestic Relations Statutes Amendment Act, 1991, SA 1991, c 11 amending the Domestic Relations Act (now RSA 2000, c D-14, ss 50(1), 77-84); the Family Relief Act (now RSA 2000, c F-4, s 1(b)); and the Intestate Succession Act (now RSA 2000, c I-10, s 1(b)). |
November 1, 1985
Conference Materials, International Invitational Conference on Matrimonial and Child Support, 27-30 May 1981, Research Paper 14
This report is a summary of a conference held to discuss the results of Research Paper #13, Matrimonial Support Failures: Reasons, Profiles and Perceptions of Individuals Involved. The report includes four speeches given at that conference, viz.: “Paying of Maintenance in Sweden,” by Anders Agell; “Matrimonial Support Failures: Reasons, Profiles, and Perceptions of Individuals Involved, a Commentary,” by Judith Cassetty; “Maintenance in Britain,” by Colin Gibson; and “The Economics of Divorce: Social and Economic Consequences […]
| AREA OF LAW | Children Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
| TAGS | child, divorce, family, maintenance, marriage, matrimonial, paternity, support |
| FORMAT | Other |
| FILE | RPNo.14.pdf |
October 3, 1982
Matrimonial Support Failures: Reasons, Profiles and Perceptions of Individuals Involved: Volume 1 Summary Report, Volume 2 Technical Reports, Research Paper 13
This report was created in order to aid the reform of the matrimonial and child support system in Alberta. Before its publication, there was little data regarding the reasons for failure in the (then) extant system. The report analyzes data from the Supreme Court (now Court of Queen’s Bench) in Edmonton and Calgary, the Family Courts in Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, and Grande Prairie, door-to-door surveys of those involved with maintenance orders, and a study of […]
| AREA OF LAW | Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
| TAGS | child, divorce, family, maintenance, marriage, matrimonial, paternity, support |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RPNo.13.pdf |
March 3, 1981
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.) |
April 3, 1978