AFLA Litigation Plan Precedent
Court Order Precedents
Feb 20th

Sometimes a short litigation plan will do, but if you need one that sets out the major steps to reach trial, this precedent may be a good starting point for you.

It has a paragraph about underlining/striking changes just to make it easier for your counterparts and the court to see what may have been customized, but you can just delete that line from the preamble if you don't want to do it that way.

This precedent was developed by AFLA's Practice and Precedents Committee: Ashley Cox, Hailee Barber, Naomi Iskra, and myself, as well ... [Read More]

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AFLA File Closing Checklist
Checklists
Feb 20th

When you've reached a resolution, this precedent can be used to help map out all of the steps needed to wrap up your file.

This precedent was developed by AFLA's Practice and Precedents Committee: Ashley Cox, Hailee Barber, Naomi Iskra, and myself, as well as past contributions from Kathy Drouin-Carey and Carolyn Grogan. Thank you!!

Please remember that each lawyer is responsible for their own legal work. This form may need to be adapted to your matter's particular circumstances.

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Financial Disclosure Statement
Court Forms Precedents
May 6, 2024

2024 Financial Disclosure Statement, including schedules, in Word.

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Family Town Hall Summary (October 3, 2023 - YYC)
Other
Oct 6, 2023

Please find the Minutes of the Calgary King's Bench Town Hall Meeting on October 3, 2023.

Thank you to the AFLA members who participated in creating this.

Court Process Flow Chart - September 2022
Other
Sep 20, 2022

I put together a flow chart of the different types of KB family court hearings for my students. Now you have it, and you can put it on your fridge.

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How to Present Evidence via Laptop
Other
Apr 30, 2022

This is a pdf I received from the Calgary Courts Centre in April 2022 giving instructions to counsel about how to properly prepare for and set up the tech needed to present evidence using a laptop.

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Layperson's Guide to Family Law Arbitration
Client Handouts
Mar 15, 2022

This is a paper I wrote last year that I recently ran into again going through my website. This paper is a guide aimed at people going through arbitration processes without a lawyer. It's written in plain language and talks about how arbitrators make decisions, evidence, case law and statute law, preparing for hearings and so forth.

Feel free to use all, some or none of the paper as you'd like. Permission isn't required to reproduce or distribute.

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Enhanced Notice of Relocation & Notice of Objection to Relocation forms (Divorce Act amendments)
Court Forms Precedents
Dec 28, 2020

The amendments to the Divorce Act come into force in two months on March 1, 2021. Those amendments, summarized here and here, include the establishment of a new regime to notify of and object to relocations of children. While new Notice of Relocation Regulations were registered in November, I haven't seen any actual forms be circulated yet, and the minimum information that must be included in the Regulation's ... [Read More]

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Declaration of Intention to Retain Beneficial Interest and Exemption (sole)
Other
Jun 16, 2020

I developed this form after reading all of the decisions following Jackson and Harrower which discussed rebutting the presumption of advancement when an exemption is placed into joint names.

I'll be presenting it to the CBA real property section tomorrow, in hopes that real estate lawyers will use it as an opportunity to discuss exemptions with clients, so that they can make informed decisions. See more about the webinar tomorrow here: https://familycounsel.ca/calendar.php?id=191

You'll see that there's a disclaimer in the form, because it is a murky area that's circumstance-dependent, and if ... [Read More]

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Declaration of Intention to Retain Beneficial Interest and Exemption (joint)
Other
Jun 16, 2020

I developed this form after reading all of the decisions following Jackson and Harrower which discussed rebutting the presumption of advancement when an exemption is placed into joint names.

I'll be presenting it to the CBA real property section tomorrow, in hopes that real estate lawyers will use it as an opportunity to discuss exemptions with clients, so that they can make informed decisions. See more about the webinar tomorrow here: https://familycounsel.ca/calendar.php?id=191

You'll see that there's a disclaimer in the form, because it is a murky area that's circumstance-dependent, and if ... [Read More]

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