In Alberta, the Matrimonial Property Act has been amended and renamed the Family Property Act. The primary purpose of the amendments is to include property acquired by spouses in a non-married relationship (adult interdependent partners) as subject to the (rebuttable) presumption of equal division upon termination of the relationship. What …
What is a Common Law Relationship?
By Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Family Law on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. In Family Law there is a popular misconception that couples who live together for a period of six months or more achieve “common law” status and acquire rights and obligations similar to married …

