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Ten Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Your Separation

By on February 15, 2025 | Divorce, Separation

Here is a tongue in cheek review of the top ten ways to make sure your separation is destructive and expensive.  All of these can be avoided. 1.  Threaten your spouse.  With anything – violence, taking the kids away, cutting your spouse off from the finances, selling assets, going to court.  The natural response to […]

Imputing Income in Alberta Child Support Cases

By on January 31, 2025 | Child Support, Family Law

In Alberta, ensuring fair and accurate child support arrangements is essential for protecting the well-being of children after separation or divorce. However, disputes can arise when one parent’s declared income does not align with their actual earning potential. This is where the concept of imputing income comes into play. Under Alberta’s family law framework, courts…   Continue Reading »

How to Prepare for Divorce in Alberta

By on December 13, 2024 | Divorce, Family Law

A Calgary Family Lawyer’s Guide to Divorce Preparing for divorce in Alberta is about more than just paperwork—it’s about protecting your future, minimizing conflict, and ensuring the best outcome for you and your family. At Jennings Family Law in Calgary, we understand that the decision to end a marriage is never easy. However, taking the…   Continue Reading »

What is a Wife Entitled to in an Alberta Divorce?

By on November 25, 2024 | Divorce, Separation

When a couple divorces in Alberta, the entitlements for both spouses are equal—a wife has no special rights over a husband. Decisions on property division, debt repayment, support issues, and child decision-making responsibilities & parenting time can be made by separation agreement or according to established legislation by the Alberta courts. The federal Divorce Act…   Continue Reading »

How to Get Full Custody of Your Child in Alberta

By on November 23, 2024 | Child Custody, Family Law

Most parents want what’s best for their children but during separations and divorces, this can become clouded by other matters. The courts in Alberta will always pursue what’s in the best interests of the child in matters concerning children. Gaining full custody of a child is only possible, therefore, if you can show that the…   Continue Reading »

 

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