The firm represents clients across Alberta who are pursuing a civil claim for intimate partner violence alongside a divorce or family law proceeding. The Court of King’s Bench has confirmed that the civil claim must be pleaded separately from any Divorce Act or Family Law Act action, which means two tracks can run at once and need to be coordinated
deliberately.
Where both are in motion, the parties are expected to indicate the civil claim on the Request for Mandatory Intake Triage (MIT) Conference Form. The issues of intimate partner violence and coercive control can still be raised within the family proceeding where they bear on parenting, support, or property, even while the damages claim proceeds on its own.
Running both at once raises questions of evidence overlap, disclosure, settlement timing, and strategic order. The firm coordinates the two so that progress in one does not undermine position in the other, and so the client is not litigating against themselves.
Matters are handled virtually across Alberta, with court attendance at the Calgary Courts Centre where required. Services are available in English and French.
