Alberta
> Adult Interdependent Relationships:
- How
is a common law relationship defined in Alberta laws?
- What
is the significance of the new law?
- What
is an adult interdependent relationship?
- How
would anyone determine whether a couple
is functioning as an economic and domestic unit?
- Can
same sex partners be adult interdependent partners under the
Adult Interdependent Relationships Act?
- What
is an adult interdependent partner agreement?
- Can
anyone make an adult interdependent partner agreement?
- I
am in a relationship with another adult and we have not made an
adult interdependent partner agreement. Does
this mean that we are not adult interdependent parties?
- I
have lived with my sister for many years. Are
people who are related to each other able to come within the definition
of adult interdependent partners?
- I
am 17 and I live with my boyfriend who is 19. We do not want to
get married but we want to be recognized as a unit. Can
we be treated as being an adult interdependent relationship?
- My
friend told me that if we made an adult interdependent partner
agreement we could get an apartment in a building where they only
allow couples to rent. I made the agreement, but I found out that
my friend made up the story about the building. Am
I stuck with this agreement now?
- When
my friend induced me to enter into an adult interdependent partner
agreement because he told me we could rent an apartment together
in a particular building that only allowed couples, I gave him
money for a deposit. Now he won’t give me the money back.
Can I take legal action against him?
- My
son had a close relationship with a friend. Six months ago my
son went to work abroad. His friend came to see me recently and
showed me an adult interdependent partner agreement that he said
my son and he had signed. He asked me for money to help him set
up a business. I gave him some money, but I wasn’t sure
and so I checked with my son. My son told me there never was an
agreement and that the relationship ended before my son left.
How can I get my money back?
- Are
there other circumstances when an adult interdependent partner
agreement will not be valid?
- I
made an adult interdependent partner agreement with someone, but
now we are no longer together. I do not want to be a party to
the agreement anymore. Do I have to do
anything formal to signify that the agreement is over?
- I
was living with a partner in an adult interdependent relationship
for five years. I wanted to end the relationship, but my partner
did not. We split up for three months and then I agreed to try
to live together again. We tried living together for eight weeks
but have now split up again. Do I now have
to wait for a year from the eight weeks for the partnership to
be formally considered as ended?
- I
have lived with a partner for eight years, but I want to end the
relationship. I cannot yet afford to move out of the house we
own together, but we live separately in the house. My partner
does not want the relationship to end and is being difficult about
dealing with dividing up the house or selling it. There is no
possibility of signing a written agreement to end the relationship. In these circumstances, how can
I fulfill the requirement that we live separate and apart for
one year in order for the adult interdependent partnership to
be over?
- I
have been in a relationship and living with someone since 1994.
As the Adult Interdependent Relationships Act did not
become effective until June 2003, does
this mean that I cannot claim to have been in adult interdependent
relationship until June 2003?
- My
elderly father has had a close companion for the last ten years.
She started out as a housekeeper and although he still pays her
for services she has also become a close friend. They do not live
together. Just lately I heard from someone else that she has been
saying that she is my father’s adult interdependent partner
and will be able to claim from his estate
when he passes away. Is this right?
- I
have two close personal relationships that I would like to formalise
under the Adult Interdependent Relationships Act. Can
I do this?
- Are
there still common law rights now that there is an Adult
Interdependent Relationships Act?
- Which
laws have been changed to take into account the Adult
Interdependent Relationships Act and are these changes significant?
- My
mother lived with her friend Jean for fifteen years before she
died last year. It was a platonic relationship based on friendship
and the convenience of sharing a home with someone else. My mother
did not leave a will so that everything she left, including the
house, was dealt with under the rules relating to intestacy. My
siblings and I were amazed when we heard that Jean was entitled
to get a grant of administration from the
court for my mother's estate on the basis that she and my mother
were adult interdependent partners. Is that right?
- We
were further amazed when we learned that Jean was entitled
to a large sum from my mother's property under the intestacy rules.
Is this right?
- Is
there any way in which my mother could have still lived with Jean
but prevented her from receiving property
after her death?
- My
mother passed away twelve years ago and my father has been living
with someone else for ten years. I know my father made a will
right after my mother passed away. My father's second partner
is younger than him and has children from a former relationship.
My siblings and I are concerned that the
will my father made will no longer be valid. Is this right?
- Has
the Dower Act been changed by the Adult Interdependent
Relationships Act?
- If
I enter into an adult interdependent relationship can
I insure the life of my partner?
- I
made an Enduring Power of Attorney some years ago that was witnessed
by my friend Tom. Since that time Tom and I have become adult
interdependent partners. A friend of mine mentioned that my
Power of Attorney may not be valid. Is that right?
- Mike,
my adult interdependent partner, is severely handicapped. I heard
that the provisions for AISH (Assured Income
for the Severely Handicapped) have been changed to allow for benefits
to an adult interdependent partner. Is this right?
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