Bill 258 — Second Session, 20Th Legislature, 33 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 258 An Act To Amend the Matrimonial Property Act (Legislature 20, Session 2)

L20 S2 3598

Alberta — Bills

1984 BILL Second Session, 20th Legislature, 33 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY ACT MR. MUSGREAVE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent BiU Mr. Musgreave BILL 258

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY ACT (Assented to , 1984) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Matrimonial Property Act is ameruied by this Act. 2 The following is added after

section 7: 7.1(1) Any present or future rights to a pension which has been earned by either spouse either wholly or partly as a result of service or contributions or a combination thereof during the marriage shall be deemed to be property for the purpose of

section and the Court shall make a distribution between the spouses of the benefits accruing under the pension unless the spouses have agreed that the pension shall not be treated as property for the purpose of

section 7.

(2) In determining the distribution between the spouses of the benefits of a pension the Court shall take into consideration the number of years of service or contributions or combination thereof that have resulted in the payment of the pension benefit and the number of such years during which the marriage subsisted. In accordance with section 4(1) of the Interpre tation Act, this Bill comes into force on the date it receives Royal Assent. Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter M-9 of the Revised Stamtes of Alberta 1980. 2 New

section will provide for distribution of pension benefits in the matrimonial property order taking into account the proportion of the time over which the pension was eamed that the marriage subsisted. Title: 1984 (20th, 2nd) Bill 258,

An Act to Amend the Matrimonial Property Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L20 S2 3598
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