Choose a Tool by the Decision You Need to Make
Current legal informationReviewed through August 2026This guide provides general information, not advice about a specific matter.
Choose a starting pointSupport calculators and input guides
A calculator is useful only when the legal issue and the inputs are understood. Use these tools to estimate a range, then use the linked guide to identify entitlement, income, parenting and expense questions the number cannot decide.
CalculatorEstimate table support, shared-parenting offsets and special-expense contributions using current inputs.
CalculatorEstimate an SSAG range after identifying a possible basis for entitlement and support income.
Guide + worksheetsWork through guideline income, parenting arrangements, disclosure and special expenses.
Guide + worksheetsSeparate entitlement, income, SSAG range, duration, review and variation questions.
Choose a starting pointSeparation and parenting
These resources help stabilize the first weeks, turn broad positions into a workable parenting plan and identify the facts that need advice or evidence.
Lawyer-reviewed guideA practical path through separation, process choice, documents and the Alberta divorce procedure.
Lawyer-reviewed guideCurrent terminology, best-interests evidence, schedules, decision-making and relocation.
Printable PDFA week-by-week first-response plan for safety, children, money, records and communication.
Printable PDFPrompts for schedules, exchanges, decisions, information sharing, travel and future disagreements.
Choose a starting pointProperty, private companies and financial disclosure
Use this group when the family home is only one part of the financial picture. It connects the legal property framework to targeted disclosure, valuation, tax, liquidity and support-income questions.
Lawyer-reviewed guideAssets, debts, exemptions, businesses, pensions, valuation, tax and limitation periods.
Legal service guideEntitlement and SSAG analysis where income may involve corporations, benefits or retained earnings.
Printable PDFConnect each asset, debt, exemption or income issue to the record needed to test it.
Printable PDFCompare proposed divisions after debt, tax, liquidity, financing and transfer steps.
Choose a starting pointMediation, arbitration and court preparation
Choose a process by the decision required, the quality of disclosure, urgency, safety and whether a binding result is needed. These resources help define the next step rather than treating settlement and litigation as identities for the whole file.
Lawyer-reviewed guideCompare mediation, arbitration and med-arb, including preparation, disclosure and suitability.
Lawyer-reviewed guideDefine the order sought, organize evidence and understand Alberta's current court pathway.
Printable PDFTurn each issue into interests, evidence, options and an objective way to test proposals.
Printable PDFIdentify the precise interim or final decision, legal pathway, evidence and next deadline.
When to stop using a self-help resource
General tools are not a substitute for advice when there is family violence or coercive control, an urgent child or property concern, missing financial disclosure, a private company or trust, a disputed exemption, an existing order or agreement, an approaching limitation period, or uncertainty about which court and legislation apply.
Bring the completed worksheet and the source documents to a consultation. The useful question is not whether every box is filled; it is which missing fact could change the advice or the process.
Sources used for this guidePrimary legal and court resources
Laws, court procedures and the application of legal tests can change. Obtain advice about the facts, deadlines and documents in your matter.
