Child Support in Alberta is one of the most important legal and financial issues parents must address after separation or divorce. Child support is intended to help ensure children continue to benefit from financial support from their parents, even when the parents are no longer living together. For many families, the issue is not whether [...]
Personal Directives Alberta Personal Directives Alberta is an important estate planning topic for adults who want their personal, health care, and day to day wishes understood if they lose capacity to make those decisions for themselves. A personal directive is not only for older adults. It is a planning document that can help families, spouses, [...]
Construction Payment Disputes in Alberta can affect contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, developers, property owners, and businesses involved in building or improvement projects. When payment is delayed, disputed, withheld, or tied to incomplete documentation, the issue can quickly become more than a business disagreement. It may involve contract rights, statutory payment timelines, lien considerations, evidence gathering, and [...]
Why Independent Legal Advice Matters Before You Sign Personal Guarantees in Alberta can create serious financial obligations for individuals who agree to back a loan, lease, business debt, or other legal commitment. For business owners, family members, directors, shareholders, or spouses asked to sign a guarantee, the document may look like a routine requirement. In [...]
Commercial Property Due Diligence is an essential step before buying, selling, leasing, or developing commercial real estate in Alberta. For business owners, investors, landlords, and developers in Airdrie, Calgary, and Rocky View, the legal details behind a commercial property transaction can affect financing, liability, future use, development plans, and long term business operations. Warnock & [...]
Buying a Business in Alberta is a major commercial decision that should be reviewed carefully before a purchaser signs a final agreement or closes the transaction. Whether the purchase involves a local service company, a professional practice, an established retail operation, or another Alberta business, the legal structure of the deal can affect liability, ownership, [...]
If you are searching for Common Law Rights Alberta, the first thing to understand is that Alberta law does not simply rely on the casual label of “common law.” In many family law matters, the more important legal question is whether you and your partner qualify as Adult Interdependent Partners under Alberta law. That distinction [...]
What Alberta families need to know when there is no valid will, no named executor, and the estate still has to be administered lawfully When someone dies without a valid will in Alberta, their estate does not automatically pass according to verbal promises or informal family expectations. Instead, the estate must be administered under Alberta [...]
A resignation is not always just a resignation. In some Alberta workplace disputes, an employee may leave because the employer made a major change to the job without agreement. In those situations, the law may treat the matter as constructive dismissal in Alberta. For employees, that can affect notice, termination pay, and litigation options. For [...]
Co-Signing a Mortgage Alberta is a serious legal and financial decision, not a casual favour. Many people agree to help a spouse, adult child, family member, or business partner qualify for financing without fully understanding what they are signing. In Alberta, independent legal advice exists to support fairness, transparency, and informed consent in legal transactions, [...]
