Individuals accessing the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench to resolve family law disputes are often required to provide sensitive financial and personal information to the Court. The Court keeps a file which, until recently, was typically accessible to the public. Out of concern for the privacy of family law litigants, Practice Note 10 was developed to set a procedure for accessing a family law file in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta. Anyone may access a procedure card and scheduling information, but only certain individuals may access the Court’s file: a party to the action; a lawyer of record; a lawyer for the child(ren) of a party; a government employee acting in the course of employment in respect of the file; a person authorized to access the file by a party/lawyer of record/lawyer for the child(ren) by means of a filed “Authority to Access Family Law File”; and members of the media accredited by the Court. A process is in place for other individuals to request access to the Court’s file.
Related Posts
Jennifer Koshan, Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, has posted Part 2 to her blog…
As of January 1, 2020, Alberta’s Matrimonial Property Act will become the Family Property Act. This legislation used to apply…
We provided a case summary in March about one of the first cases to come out about parenting during COVID-19,…
Independent legal counsel may be appointed by the Court to represent children in high-conflict parenting disputes. Latitude Family Law lawyers…
Changes are being made to the Divorce Act; the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act; and the Garnishment, Attachment…
The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has developed a project for mandatory early intervention case conferences in certain family law…
On May 13, 2020, the Provincial Court of Alberta provided an updated as to court operations from May 25, 2020,…
On April 9, 2021 Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench announced a new online portal for submitting search requests, including requests…
The April 8, 2020 edition of CBC Alberta at Noon with Judy Aldous was about navigating family law issues during…
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Family Law Section publishes helpful articles online. In 2019, articles have been posted on a…
Travel consent letters are documents signed by guardians who will not be travelling with their child to note their consent…
In Alberta, applications for divorce must be submitted to the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (rather than the Provincial…
On March 1, 2021, changes to the Divorce Act come into effect. We have prepared a brief summary of some…
Holidays and vacation periods can often lead to disappointment as couples and families discover that increased time together may exacerbate…
The Alberta Rules of Court require that an Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) process occur before a family law trial can…