From the desk of Louise P. Campbell Q.C.: A Cohabitation Agreement would protect all of the increase in value on your house even if your partner has already moved in. Without an agreement, he or she could claim up to 50% of any increase in value, since the move-in date, even if the house is…
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From the desk of Louise P. Campbell Q.C.: No. It only takes one person to say the marriage is over, and to leave. It is possible to be separated within the same house, but that can become difficult, emotionally, and practically, especially if one person says we are separated, and the other person says not,…
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From the desk of Louise P. Campbell Q.C.: You can file the initial document to get a Divorce action started, (called in Alberta, the Statement of Claim) immediately upon separation, so long as one of the two parties has lived in Alberta for a year or more. The final Divorce Judgement can be applied for…
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Under construction. We will be updating these continuously and invite you back to see the new changes and updates.
Under construction. We will be updating these continuously and invite you back to see the new changes and updates.
At the height of the economic turmoil of 2008, the corporate lawyer comes into the office of the CEO. “How are we doing?” asks the CEO. “Well,” the lawyer says, “I have some good news and some bad news, which do you want first?” “O, the good news,” the CEO says, “Things have been so…
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Lawyer Baby Name Book: Girl: Sue Boy: Bill
In testing the bias of the prospective jurors the lawyer asked: “Does anyone here dislike lawyers?” As the pause became uncomfortable finally the judge answered, “Me.”
The Court: Is there any reason you cannot serve as a juror? Potential Juror: I do not want to be away from work that long. The Court: Can’t they get along without you? Potential Juror: Yes, but I don’t want them to know that.
A foreclosure lawyer in attending the farm to serve the Notice of Foreclosure. Nobody answers the door so he wanders down towards the barn when he accidently steps in a fresh cow pie. Not knowing what it was he panics and yells: “ Help me, I’m melting….”
