The Law Society of Alberta released a statement regarding the Maintenance Enforcement Program and the impact that Covid-19 may have on payors of child support.
The Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) recognizes COVID-19...
As of March 23, 2020, courthouses across Alberta are closed except for matters that have been determined to be emergency matters, which must pass a stringent two part review process before being accepted as a matter that will be hear...
Owning an Incorporated business is a complex undertaking. Business owners, and shareholders, invest their lives in building their businesses. They know their businesses inside out and understand how important it is to protect corpora...
We are here to support clients and their families through incredibly difficult and unprecedented times in modern day Canada. Your health and safety is our utmost concern and as such we are adapting the delivery of legal services ...
When married or non-married parties end their relationship, they may decide to commence a claim for the division of family property under the Family Property Act. Assets that have accumulated during the marriage, or relationship of i...
The variation of child support (and spousal support) payments is becoming a regular occurrence in Alberta with the continued lay-offs, and reductions in paid work, including reductions in regular wages and the elimination of overtime...
The Team at Family Central Law is here to ensure clients during these challenging times do have access to efficient and customized estate planning legal services. The Lawyers at Family Central are dedicated in their commitment to w...
As Halloween and Remembrance Day are now behind us, many people will turn their minds to setting up the Christmas tree and looking at Santa’s Wish List from the little ones. Some parents also may be looking at the snow outside an...
Dating back to the 19th Century, Canadian courts have legitimized the presence of a non-biological parent of a child for custody purposes and in modern times, with increasing importance, child support obligations. In loco parenti...
The Child Support Guidelines, which were first adopted federally in 1997, and subsequently shortly after in Alberta have become a strong source for the standardization of child support payments in family law. There are however pa...
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