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Common Law Separation: Partner Support
Your “common-law” relationship is coming to an end: what happens now? An increasing number of people find themselves asking this question.
Different people are in different situations: you’ve been with your partner for years now, and you’ve given everything to the relationship – your time, your devotion, and your resources – and because of that, you had agreed that you would stay home to raise the children. ...
Posted on Mon, 8 Mar 2010
Non-Married Property
The first instalment of this article focused on the principles that apply to the distribution of matrimonial property. In today’s society, however, many relationships have not been solemnized by the tradition of a formal marriage ceremony. Unfortunately, for those couples, the law as it relates to property division is far less clear than it is for those who are married.
The first distinction is that the Matrimonial Property Act (“the ...
Posted on Mon, 8 Mar 2010
General Contracting and the Fair Trade Act
If you are a general contractor, or if you are a homeowner thinking of hiring a contractor, you may want to consider how the Fair Trade Act of Alberta creates rights for the consumer in this context. In general terms, any contractor who engages in “prepaid contracting” needs to have a license issued by the government. Prepaid contracting is a situation where some or ...
Posted on Mon, 8 Mar 2010
Collaborative Family Law – The ‘Pros’
I hinted at some of these in the first installment of this article. Since no two divorces are the same, the ‘pros’ of the collaborative family law approach do not always apply equally, but a good short list is as follows:
Reduced stress
For some clients, the knowledge that they won’t be ‘hauled into Court’ by their spouse on short notice is very comforting. As is the ...
Posted on Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Another form of Estate Planning is called “Succession Planning.” This is simply arranging one’s affairs so that when you pass away, your assets can transfer seamlessly to their intended beneficiary without having to go through the Probate process. This is becoming more and more popular. Methods of Succession Planning have been naming beneficiaries to life insurance policies and RRSP proceeds, and putting land and other assets into joint names with ...
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2009
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