The Fault Line. The Earthquake. The Fall Out Using a natural disaster analogy to describe divorce may seem needlessly theatrical. The most fortunate couples who end their relationship will do so amicably, collaboratively and with minimal trauma. However, many spouses indeed experience the ending of a relationship as an unmitigated …
Can Children Choose Which Parent to Live With?
Children will sometimes want to choose which parent to live with or express a preference for residing with one parent over the other. For a variety of reasons, the children do not get to choose which parent they live with but their preferences may be considered. Ultimately, if the parents …
Family law: When one parent takes the children without consent
Compromising over child visitation is something many divorced or separated parents often find difficult. Family law in Alberta stipulates that children do better when they can have both parents in their lives, but when one parent leaves the country with his or her children without the permission of the other, …
Mobility Applications in Alberta courts
In our last post, we talked about parental relocation and the legal issues that arise when a divorced parent wants to move away and take his or her child along to the new home, away from the community in which the other parent lives. This presents especially thorny issues when …