CPLEA has recently updated the information on Adult Interdependent Relationships at Canadian Legal FAQs.
In Alberta provincial law doesn’t use the term “common law” to describe two people who are living together but are not legally married. Instead, two people who are in a committed domestic relationship in Alberta can be in an Adult Interdependent Relationship (AIR).
Most people in AIRs are romantic partners, but the relationship does not have to be romantic to be an AIR. An AIR consists of two people who have been living together for a certain length of time, share one another’s life, function as an economic and domestic unit, and are emotionally committed to one another.
To learn more about AIRs, go to Canadian Legal FAQs or download and print this booklet about AIRs in Alberta.
New FAQs on Consumer Protection in Alberta
What are collection agencies and collectors allowed (and not allowed) to do?
What’s the difference between an open credit agreement and a fixed one?
What information cannot be included in a credit report?
You can find the answers to these questions and more on Canadian Legal FAQs.
There can be a lot of questions when people are dealing with consumer issues. In Alberta, consumer transactions are governed under the Fair Trading Act.
The Act covers a variety of different areas and provides rules and regulations that set out what businesses can and cannot do in their interactions with consumers. It also provides a way for consumers to challenge a transaction with an offending business and to be awarded a remedy, such as cancellation of a transaction, payment of damages, and others.
Two major areas of focus of the Fair Trading Act are Collection and Debt Repayment and Cost of Credit Disclosure.
CPLEA has created new FAQs on Consumer Protection to help Albertans understand what the law says about:
- The Fair Trading Act
- Collection and Debt Repayment
- Cost of Credit Disclosure
- Credit and Personal Reports
For more information about organizations that can provide information and assistance around issues facing consumers in Alberta, check out CPLEA’s LawCentral Alberta.