Bill 257 — Eosrtb Session, 24«T Legislature, 38 Euzabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 257 Access Orders Enforcement Act (Legislature 22, Session 1)

L22 S1 2902

Alberta — Bills

1989 BILL Eosrtb Session, 24«t Legislature, 38 EUzabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL ACCESS ORDERS ENFORCEMENT ACT MR. WRIGHT First Reading Second Reading Committee of die Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr.

Wright BILL ACCESS ORDERS ENFORCEMENT ACT (Assented to , 1989) Legal Aid for Access Orders Indcmily if Abuse of Process Reference to Department of Family and Social Services HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 In this Act "access order" means an order of die Court of Queen's Bench or the Family Division of die Provincial Court of Alberta that requires a parent who has custody of a chUd to give to the otiier parent access to the child. 2 The Legal Aid Society of Alberta shall not adopt any mle or policy that would disqualify a parent who is a party to any proceedings respecting an access order from receiving Legal Aid in accordance with the normal tariff of aid of the Society. 3 If die Court hearing the motion for tiie order is of tiie opinion that die morion or the response has been an abuse of process, the Court may order the party guilty of tiie abuse to indemnify the Legal Aid Society for the amount of tiie aid received. 4 If any issue of fact arises on the evidence presented, the Court may refer die issue to an official of the Departinent of FamUy and Social Services designated for the purpose by tiie Minister, for investigation or mediation, and a report back to die Court.

Title: 1989 (22nd, 1st) Bill 257, Access Orders Enforcement Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L22 S1 2902
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L22 S1 2902
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	cb0d401706677165572473141c85925bc226c327

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