Family Law Services in Edmonton
Family and Divorce Law
In a perfect world, a divorce or relationship breakdown would occur smoothly without stress or financial burden. The reality, however, is that navigating a breakup is often one of the most difficult and high-stress experiences a person will face. You do not have to navigate the Edmonton family law system alone when there is so much at stake.
Our experienced legal team is dedicated to guiding you through the system, protecting your interests, and achieving fair results efficiently and at a fair cost.
Family Law Matters We Handle
We provide experienced legal guidance across all areas of family law, including:
Parenting & Children’s Rights
Parenting access disputes, implementing child best-interest principles, assessing parenting capacity, and defending against partner intimidation.
Child & Spousal Support
Support calculations, self-employment income adjustments, retroactive support claims, spousal support entitlement reviews, and defending against overcharging.
Division of Family Property
Equal division of assets and debts acquired during cohabitation, protection of exempt property (gifts, inheritances, settlements), and financial disclosure statements.
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Core Practice Areas & Services
When a relationship ends, several complex legal issues, collectively referred to as "corollary relief", must be addressed
Parenting & Children’s Best Interests
- Impact Reduction: We guide parents through legal separation while minimizing the emotional and psychological impact on children.
- Guiding Principles: We implement core family law principles to ensure decisions align with the child's best interests.
- Access & Parenting Rights: We represent parents who are being unlawfully denied parenting rights or access to their children.
- Parenting Capacity Concerns: We handle serious concerns regarding the adequacy or safety of the other parent’s parenting abilities.
- Protection Against Intimidation: We actively defend clients facing bullying or aggressive tactics from an ex-partner.
Child Support
- Obligation Calculations: Non-primary caregivers (or parents with less than 40% parenting time) are required to pay child support, calculated based on gross annual income or additional financial factors for self-employed individuals.
- Defense Against Overcharging: We protect clients from overzealous claims demanding more support than legally owed.
- Retroactive Support: We assist with sorting out and navigating complex retroactive child support claims.
Spousal Support
- Entitlement Determination: Unlike child support, spousal support is not automatic; we first determine whether entitlement exists before evaluating payments.
- Compensatory Support: Addresses unpaid contributions during the relationship, such as stay-at-home parenting or career sacrifices made for the family.
- Non-Compensatory Support: Addresses financial disparities, means, and circumstances of the lower-earning partner.
- Contractual Support: Reviews existing prenuptial agreements or cohabitation agreements containing spousal support clauses.
- Strategic Advice: We evaluate your case so you do not prematurely agree to pay support where no legal entitlement exists.
Division of Family Property
- Equal Division: Property acquired during cohabitation is generally split equally between partners.
- Protecting Exempt Assets: We safeguard exempt property from division, including gifts, inheritances, and personal injury settlements that have not been intermingled with family assets.
- Disclosure & Resolution: We handle property statements and financial disclosure efficiently to facilitate settlement negotiations or prepare for litigation.