- Description
- Offers free legal information, services, and support to those experiencing family violence and in need of protection.
Service provides:
- assistance to those experiencing family violence in getting an Emergency Protection Order to keep a violent family member from contacting them or their other family members
Includes:
- preventing a family member from contacting a client and other family members
- preventing a family member from coming to a client's home, school, work, and more
- removing a family member from a client's home
- ensuring weapons are seized
Can assist with:
- Protection Order documents and court procedures
- application for Emergency Protection Order
- application for Emergency Protection Order Review hearings
Provides victims of family violence with:
- ongoing information
- risk assessments
- safety plans
- Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to:
- individuals experiencing family violence (actual injury to person or property, threats of harm, forced confinement, sexual abuse, stalking)
- who are in an emergency or urgent situation
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, To access service:
- call your local program offices listed
- if you live outside of program office areas, call the police or visit your nearest courthouse during business hours
- visit website for more information
Waiting Period: No,
- Telephone
- 403-297-5260
- Fax
- 1-866-382-7253
- Web Site
- http://www.legalaid.ab.ca
- Languages
- English
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A - Other disabled access: N/A -
- Legal Status
- Registered Not-For-Profit
- Topic(s)
- Last Updated On
- March 6, 2018
- Hours of Operation
- Mon08:15 AM - 04:15 PMTue08:15 AM - 04:15 PMWed08:15 AM - 04:15 PMThu08:15 AM - 04:15 PMFri08:15 AM - 04:15 PM
