Alberta
3 lawyers whose firms cover family work in Calgary. Each lawyer was checked on their provincial law society's public directory before being listed — check again before you hire, as people move firms. Browsing Lawvoo is free.
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Anne Rupcich · Partner · Family · Calgary
707 5 Street SW, Suite 500, Calgary, AB T2P 1V8
Partner in the firm's downtown office who now practises only family law — separation, parenting, support and property division — after starting in litigation. The firm also covers personal injury, employee rights, residential real estate, and wills, trusts and estates.
Jeffrey Kahane, K.C. · Founder; Real Estate, Wills & Estates Lawyer · Family · Calgary
7309 Flint Road SE, Calgary, AB T2H 1G3
Founded Kahane Law Office in 2004 and practises real estate law and wills and estates; he has been appointed King's Counsel. The firm also covers family law, immigration, employment law for employees and employers, and personal injury.
Raj Sharma, K.C. · Founder and Managing Partner · Family · Calgary
550 6th Avenue SW, Suite 950, Calgary, AB T2P 0S2
Founder and managing partner, practising immigration law. He has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta and the Federal Court, and was appointed King's Counsel in April 2022. The firm also practises family law.
Divorce and separation, parenting, child and spousal support, and dividing property. Divorce follows the federal Divorce Act; property division comes from Alberta's Family Property Act, which since 2020 also covers 'adult interdependent partners' — Alberta's term for couples who live together without marrying.
Divorce is federal law, so the rule is the same across Canada: the only ground is marriage breakdown, usually shown by living apart for one year or more. You or your spouse must have lived in Alberta for a full year before applying.
Yes, if they are 'adult interdependent partners'. Since 1 January 2020 Alberta's Family Property Act applies to adult interdependent partners as well as married spouses. That means two people who have lived together in a relationship of interdependence for at least three years, or for less time if they have a child together, or who have signed an adult interdependent partner agreement.
Yes. An adult interdependent partner must make a claim within two years of when they knew, or should have known, that the relationship had ended. Time limits also apply to married spouses under the Family Property Act — a lawyer can confirm the date that applies to you.
For Calgary, both the Court of King's Bench and the Alberta Court of Justice sit at the Calgary Courts Centre, 601 5th Street SW. Divorce and property division go to the Court of King's Bench; support, parenting and guardianship can also be dealt with by the Alberta Court of Justice. Only the Court of King's Bench can grant a divorce and divide property; the Alberta Court of Justice can deal with child and spousal support, parenting and guardianship.
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