Checklist
One row per catalogued topic, for both instruments. An empty row is a package gap, not a claim that no law exists.
formalities
Family-property agreements under the Family Property Act must meet the Act’s writing and acknowledgement requirements. This is not Québec notarial form.
acknowledgment
Family-property agreements under the Family Property Act must meet the Act’s writing and acknowledgement requirements. This is not Québec notarial form.
property
Alberta family property is a provincial division scheme for spouses and qualifying adult interdependent partners, not Ontario NFP math and not Québec family patrimony.
permitted_subjects
A marriage contract typically addresses property, debts, and sometimes support between spouses. Public-order limits (Québec family patrimony; child support everywhere) still apply.
spousal_support
Spousal/adult-interdependent support sits in other Alberta family statutes and federal divorce law where applicable.
child_support
Child support cannot be treated as a private waiver of a child’s right.
voluntariness
The Act addresses when an agreement may be disregarded, including disclosure and fairness concerns. Independent legal advice is often evidence, not a statutory rubber stamp.
financial_disclosure
Canadian family agreements are often judged partly on whether each party knew the assets and debts. This pack does not invent a U.S. statutory disclosure exhibit list.
independent_counsel
Canadian family agreements often stand or fall partly on whether each party could get advice. That is not a uniform statutory certificate across provinces, and Québec notarial counseling is a different professional model from common-law ILA letters.
timing
A first draft delivered immediately before a wedding is a voluntariness and understanding fact. Canada does not use a single U.S.-style statutory waiting period in these packs.
limitations
Do not assume an Alberta cohabitation file is outside property legislation the way an Ontario unmarried couple often is.
formalities
Adult interdependent partners may make family-property agreements. Formation follows the Family Property Act, not Ontario FLA s. 55 labels.
acknowledgment
Adult interdependent partners may make family-property agreements. Formation follows the Family Property Act, not Ontario FLA s. 55 labels.
property
Adult interdependent partners (often three years of cohabitation, a child plus a relationship of interdependence, or a registered agreement) can fall inside family-property legislation. That is closer to BC than to Ontario equalization-for-married-only.
permitted_subjects
A cohabitation agreement typically addresses property and debts between unmarried partners. It cannot manufacture a statutory regime the province does not confer, and it cannot replace a will.
spousal_support
Spousal/adult-interdependent support sits in other Alberta family statutes and federal divorce law where applicable.
child_support
Child support cannot be treated as a private waiver of a child’s right.
voluntariness
The Act addresses when an agreement may be disregarded, including disclosure and fairness concerns. Independent legal advice is often evidence, not a statutory rubber stamp.
financial_disclosure
Canadian family agreements are often judged partly on whether each party knew the assets and debts. This pack does not invent a U.S. statutory disclosure exhibit list.
independent_counsel
Canadian family agreements often stand or fall partly on whether each party could get advice. That is not a uniform statutory certificate across provinces, and Québec notarial counseling is a different professional model from common-law ILA letters.
timing
A cohabitation agreement signed years into a relationship, or a 'prenup' signed while unmarried just before a wedding, raises classification and transition questions. Marriage usually moves the couple onto the marriage-contract / marital-property statute.
limitations
Do not assume an Alberta cohabitation file is outside property legislation the way an Ontario unmarried couple often is.