We help with matters related to parenting, guardianship, child support, property actions, spousal support, and divorce.
We strongly recommend that you take the Parenting After Separation course before you apply for legal aid services.
The course is free and is available online. The Court of King’s Bench requires that you take this course before you can file a court application.
Services offered by RCAS include:
If your matter is not resolved through RCAS, then you can contact us to apply for a lawyer.
If you want to proceed with a court application in the Court of King’s Bench in Edmonton or Calgary, you will need to attend King’s Bench Family Docket Court where the presiding justice will determine the next step for addressing your legal issues. Duty Counsel will be available to assist you.
If you are proceeding with a court application in the Alberta Court of Justice, Duty Counsel will be able to assist you on your court date in certain locations across Alberta including Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Wetaskiwin, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Medicine Hat, and St. Paul.
We can help with child welfare matters if your child has been taken away and you have been served with a guardianship or supervision application. Legal Aid Alberta only provides a lawyer for a supervision application if it is not the first time Child and Family Services have requested one or if drug testing is requested.
Yes, we assist with Hague matters, however, clients do not apply directly to LAA. Applications are sent to LAA from Alberta Justice.
We can help provide your child with a lawyer if the court orders a lawyer be appointed for your child in a high conflict family matter.
Criteria
There is no financial eligibility requirement in child representation cases, however, child counsel is not a free service. The parents will have to pay for the child’s counsel.
Legal Aid Alberta does not appoint counsel for children in child welfare matters.
