Power of Attorney for Separated or Divorced in Alberta
Create your power of attorney online, designed to meet Alberta’s requirements — written with people who are separated or divorced in mind.
Your will is free. The power of attorney is added to it at checkout — $29 USD.
What people who are separated or divorced should know
- Separation or divorce is the moment to look again at who you have named — to inherit, to act as your executor, or to make decisions for you.
- Check whether a former partner is still named as a beneficiary, executor, guardian or attorney.
- Being separated and being divorced are not always treated the same way, so check where you stand while things are still in progress.
- Beneficiary designations on insurance, pensions and registered accounts pass outside a will — update them separately.
- What separation or divorce does to a will in Alberta: Marriage on or after February 1, 2012 does not revoke your will. Divorce or a court finding that the marriage is void does not revoke the whole will, but it generally revokes gifts, powers of appointment, and executor/trustee/guardian appointments for the former spouse as if the former spouse had died before you, unless the will shows a contrary intention. Similar rules apply when an adult interdependent partnership ends, with statutory exceptions. Source: Wills and Succession Act, SA 2010, c W-12.2, ss 23(2), 25.
- A power of attorney is a separate document from your will, with its own requirements in Alberta — review it alongside your will.
Pricing
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The Standard will is free — a complete, legally valid will at no cost. The Advanced will and the optional add-ons are paid.
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Essential estate planning for straightforward needs
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- Last Will & Testament
- Instant PDF download
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Full customization for complex estate needs
One-time payment
- Everything in Basic
- Substitute executors
- Pet care provisions
- Cash legacies & specific bequests
- Age-based trusts
- Burial & funeral instructions
- Priority support
Optional Add-ons
Complete Bundle
Everything in one discounted package — the Advanced Will plus Power of Attorney, spousal will, living will, family trust, e-notary, printed delivery, affidavit of execution and cross-border will
Power of Attorney
Power of Attorney documents
$29Spousal Will
Mirrored will for your spouse/partner
$39E-Notary
Electronic notarization of your will
$49Frequently asked questions
Why do people who are separated or divorced need to review their power of attorney?
Separation or divorce is the moment to look again at who you have named — to inherit, to act as your executor, or to make decisions for you.
What does separation or divorce do to a will in Alberta?
Marriage on or after February 1, 2012 does not revoke your will. Divorce or a court finding that the marriage is void does not revoke the whole will, but it generally revokes gifts, powers of appointment, and executor/trustee/guardian appointments for the former spouse as if the former spouse had died before you, unless the will shows a contrary intention. Similar rules apply when an adult interdependent partnership ends, with statutory exceptions. Source: Wills and Succession Act, SA 2010, c W-12.2, ss 23(2), 25.
Do I need a lawyer?
You can prepare it through our guided process. Separations still in progress, and complex situations, benefit from individual advice.
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