by OP Lawyers LLP – Calgary Law Firm – Ovaici Peydayesh LLP | Sep 20, 2026 | Family Law
A restraining order is a critical instrument within the Alberta legal system, designed to provide immediate and necessary protection to individuals who are facing a legitimate risk of harm. However, because a restraining order fundamentally restricts an individual’s...
by OP Lawyers LLP – Calgary Law Firm – Ovaici Peydayesh LLP | Sep 15, 2026 | Family Law
In today’s legal landscape, more individuals, families, and businesses are turning away from traditional courtroom litigation and towards Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Rising legal costs, long court delays, and the emotional toll of prolonged conflict...
by OP Lawyers LLP – Calgary Law Firm – Ovaici Peydayesh LLP | Sep 1, 2026 | Family Law
The Supreme Court of Canada has officially recognized a new tort of intimate partner violence, marking one of the most significant developments in Canadian family law and civil litigation in recent years. In the landmark case of Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, the Court...
by OP Lawyers LLP – Calgary Law Firm – Ovaici Peydayesh LLP | Aug 20, 2026 | Family Law
Separation and divorce raise few questions more difficult than where a child will live and how parenting time will be divided between parents. Many people assume that Alberta courts start from a presumption of equal, 50/50 parenting. They do not. Under both the...
by OP Lawyers LLP – Calgary Law Firm – Ovaici Peydayesh LLP | Aug 12, 2026 | Family Law
Child support is a cornerstone of family law in Alberta. Its primary objective is to insulate children from the economic fallout of a parental breakup, ensuring they continue to benefit from the financial resources of both parents. When a relationship or marriage...
by OP Lawyers LLP – Calgary Law Firm – Ovaici Peydayesh LLP | Aug 7, 2026 | Family Law
If you have spent years walking on eggshells in your own home, tracking your partner’s moods before you speak, asking permission to see your own family, watching every dollar because it was never really “yours” to spend, you already understand...
