Welcome

If you’re here you must really be going through it. While we can’t even begin to understand your personal circumstances, we do have empathy for what has likely been a damn hard road filled with frustration, sadness, anger, pain, and grief.

You’re tired.

Tired of fighting. Tired of arguing. Tired of going through this battle that seems like it will never end. The passive-aggressive remarks and scream-fests, the emotional blackmail and gaslighting, the half-truths and twisting circumstances. The system that boasts its desire for fairness and equality and then rewards you with every second weekend, supervised visitation, and even child / spousal support that leaves you wondering how you are going to pay your own bills.

Fucked up, isn’t it?

And guess who pays for it all? (Emotionally speaking).

Your child(ren).

While we have empathy for your situation, this isn’t just about you. It is about your child. It is about the person they will become. The adult they will grow into. And that is being shaped by what you do right now. If you go through our material and at least one thing doesn’t piss you off, then we haven’t done our job, and here’s why. Like the Alberta Family Judicial system, Coparenting Alberta believes the wants and needs of both you and your ex-partner come second to what is best for your child. But that is where our similarities end.

Co-Parent Alberta understands the need for true equality and fairness, and we understand that in Family Law it is seldom the reality, which is why we are an agency specifically for men. An abundance of resources already exists for women. An abundance of generic, non-specific, “do-this, don’t do that” style of content is everywhere. But what about you? What about the importance of protecting your rights as a father and male partner in order to preserve your relationship with your child, your peace of mind, and your integrity? How do you best serve you? What is the next right move? What is the best way to respond to text messages? What should you have in your Parenting Order that will prevent the other party from using ambiguity and lack of specifics to their advantage? And why is the system so damn broken in the first place?

It has to do with the Tender Years Doctrine, decades of lawyers learning in school that the child belongs with the mother, and those lawyers becoming judges. Let that sink in. It isn’t you. It is an entire century of rules and laws and practices and misconceptions and on and on and on that has contorted a Justice System into a Judicial System. A bastardized version of its true intent that you are navigating. It’s overwhelming, it’s intimidating, it’s frustrating, and it’s worth it. But that doesn’t help you now, does it?  That’s where we come in.

Thank you for wanting more for both your self and your child (or children). Thank you for seeking out information, being pro-active, and taking the opportunity to work towards more effective communication, self-preservation, boundaries, and resolution. Together, we will do it with integrity, morals, values, and when necessary, some fucking teeth.

Let’s begin….