Alberta
3 lawyers whose firms cover family work in Edmonton. 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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Nathan A. Po · Partner, Head of Immigration Law Practice Group · Family · Edmonton
10088 102 Avenue, Suite 1801, Edmonton, AB T5J 2Z1
Leads the firm's Immigration Law Practice Group, which helps individuals and their families obtain permanent residence, work and study permits. He also practises wills and estates. The firm also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, residential real estate, and personal injury.
Diane C. Ferrante · Managing Partner · Family · Edmonton
10060 Jasper Avenue, Suite 2800, Edmonton, AB T5J 3V9
Managing partner who leads the firm's litigation group, practising family law, insurance and personal injury law, and mediation and arbitration. She became a partner in 2015. The firm also covers employment law for employees and employers, residential real estate, and estates.
Lauren M. Pearson · Partner · Family · Edmonton
10180 101 Street NW, Suite 2300, Edmonton, AB T5J 1V3
Partner practising employment law and litigation, acting for both employees and employers. The firm also covers family law, residential real estate, and wills and estates.
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 Edmonton, both the Court of King's Bench and the Alberta Court of Justice sit at the Edmonton Law Courts, 1A Sir Winston Churchill Square. 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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