Proposals - Court Procedure
These proposals let family law lawyers discuss and vote on what changes they think should be made to the law or court procedures. The results can be viewed and shared with legislators and the Courts. The proposals put forth are written by member lawyers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of this website or its administrators. You can view more proposals or make a proposal yourself.
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![]() | Ken Proudman of BARR LLP (Alberta) | 2 Comments |
The 2018 Federal Budget included funding for 17 judges to create a Unified Family Court in Alberta. At that time, UFCs had already been established in Manitoba, New Brunswick, PEI, parts of Saskatchewan, and parts of Ontario. 97% in favour out of 34 votes | ||
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![]() | Anonymous | 6 Comments |
A new announcement states that effective November 1st KB will no longer backdate filing, even when they reject or are slow to file. 100% in favour out of 32 votes | ||
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![]() | Anonymous | 13 Comments |
There should be a separate section of QB where the Justices deal only with family law matters, similar to PC. Otherwise, all QB Justices should be given extensive family law training before they're allowed to handle family law cases. 100% in favour out of 32 votes | ||
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![]() | Ken Proudman of BARR LLP (Alberta) | 7 Comments |
This time the QB Family Law Consulting Committee is seeking feedback regarding file management at the Court. They're looking for both criticism and praise of what does work well, and any suggestions about how to improve the process. I will pass along your feedback, or you're welcome to provide feedback directly to Teri Burant at tburant@emeryjamieson.com or 780-970-6291. Please provide feedback by February 2, 2022. 71% in favour out of 7 votes | ||
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![]() | Ken Proudman of BARR LLP (Alberta) | 0 Comments |
This time the QB Family Law Consulting Committee is seeking feedback regarding file management at the Court. They're looking for both criticism and praise of what does work well, and any suggestions about how to improve the process. I will pass along your feedback, or you're welcome to provide feedback directly to Teri Burant at tburant@emeryjamieson.com or 780-970-6291. Please provide feedback by February 2, 2022. 80% in favour out of 5 votes | ||
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![]() | Ken Proudman of BARR LLP (Alberta) | 0 Comments |
This time the QB Family Law Consulting Committee is seeking feedback regarding file management at the Court. They're looking for both criticism and praise of what does work well, and any suggestions about how to improve the process. I will pass along your feedback, or you're welcome to provide feedback directly to Teri Burant at tburant@emeryjamieson.com or 780-970-6291. Please provide feedback by February 2, 2022. 50% in favour out of 2 votes | ||
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![]() | Ken Proudman of BARR LLP (Alberta) | 4 Comments |
This time the QB Family Law Consulting Committee is seeking feedback regarding chambers. They're looking for both criticism and praise of what does work well, and any suggestions about how to improve the process. I will pass along your feedback, or you're welcome to provide feedback directly to Teri Burant at tburant@emeryjamieson.com or 780-970-6291. Please provide feedback by January 18, 2022. 60% in favour out of 10 votes | ||
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![]() | Ken Proudman of BARR LLP (Alberta) | 0 Comments |
This time the QB Family Law Consulting Committee is seeking feedback regarding chambers. They're looking for both criticism and praise of what does work well, and any suggestions about how to improve the process. I will pass along your feedback, or you're welcome to provide feedback directly to Teri Burant at tburant@emeryjamieson.com or 780-970-6291. Please provide feedback by January 18, 2022. 67% in favour out of 9 votes | ||
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![]() | Ken Proudman of BARR LLP (Alberta) | 5 Comments |
The QB's Family Law Consulting Committee is seeking feedback relating to the family court disclosure process, so I thought I'd post this here so that I could pass along any feedback. Please provide any feedback before Nov 17, 2022. Alternatively, you can send your feedback directly to Teri Burant at tburant@emeryjamieson.com or 780-970-6291. 69% in favour out of 16 votes | ||
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![]() | Ken Proudman of BARR LLP (Alberta) | 4 Comments |
The QB's Family Law Consulting Committee is seeking feedback relating to the family court disclosure process, so I thought I'd post this here so that I could pass along any feedback. Please provide any feedback before Nov 17, 2022. Alternatively, you can send your feedback directly to Teri Burant at tburant@emeryjamieson.com or 780-970-6291. 46% in favour out of 13 votes | ||