Canada: Family and Matrimonial

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On March 26, 2025, the Court of King's Bench of Alberta issued an announcement setting out updates following a pilot program that launched in 2019 in relation to Estate Case Conferences, which were established to promote the early and cost-effective resolutions of estate disputes and litigations.

Mediation is a process in which parties involved in contemplated or ongoing litigation attempt to settle their differences with the assistance of a neutral mediator.

ChatGPT and other generative AI (artificial intelligence) platforms have the potential to provide litigants with an efficient tool to research and understand the legal concepts and governing authorities...

Throughout Canada, judges are being asked to address the impact of intimate partner violence in a separation and divorce. One such pivotal case is the Supreme Court of Canada's ongoing review of Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia.

According to the Divorce Act, "Family violence means any conduct, whether or not the conduct constitutes a criminal offence, by a family member towards another family member.

If you have assets, prospective beneficiaries, or other connections to foreign countries, you have cross-border or multijurisdictional considerations in your estate planning or administration.

All levels of government in Canada have been busy over the past few years enacting various types of real estate taxes in an attempt to address the housing crisis.

Many people in the midst of planning their estate consider adding an adult child as a joint owner on a bank account as a straightforward way to avoid probate taxes and to ensure what they expect will be a smooth...