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At the Matrimonial Property Issues seminars in Edmonton on November 14 and in Calgary on November 20, experienced practitioners with over five years’ experience in matrimonial law will get updates on four hot topics from faculty members with extensive experience in matrimonial property issues.
Program Chair is Laurie Allen of Allen-Hryniuk who has been practising family law for 27 years with a specialization in complex matrimonial property division cases.
When is Compensatory Support Considered Double-Dipping?
With Richard Rand QC as the presenter, the Property Division session will be of particular interest to participants as the discussion will focus on the concept of double-dipping with spousal support.
Given that the federal spousal support advisory guidelines do not address whether property division should have an impact on the quantum or term of spousal support, issues often arise as to whether spousal support should be the same in every case. Many practitioners believe that the idea of compensatory support has to be looked at in the context of the property division.
“To my mind, it’s a very interesting issue, and I can tell you that at the high end level of cases, which we do a lot of, we treat spousal support entirely differently than the blue collar cases where they are splitting up, selling the house, and splitting the money. The guy carries on making $100,000 per year and she has nothing. So he is going to pay spousal support long term and at the high end,” explains Laurie Allen. “But what if she gets millions and millions of dollars of capital that has been accumulated because of her taking on responsibility for the home and the children, and therefore she’s been compensated for her contribution (which is works instead of money) because she is getting half the money accumulated.”
Seminar Topics
Other topics include:
- When is a Deal a Deal? – with Renée Cochard QC examines when a settlement, or lack of settlement, is binding between counsel, in mediation, or at Judicial Dispute Resolution.
- Contingent Interests – with Robert Harvie QC will share what contingent interests are and how to value them plus give a heads up on potential liability issues.
- Matrimonial Property Reform – an audience-response presentation with Shannon Brochu from the Alberta Law Institute, which will allow input about reform to the Matrimonial Property Act.
Early Bird Deadline
Register before October 9 to take advantage of the early bird deadline.
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