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Further Expansion of the Family and Divorce Filing Digital Service (FDS) and Mandatory Filing Effective May 15, 2023

Apr 26, 2023

We are pleased to announce that, with the expansion of the King's Bench Family and Divorce Filing Digital Service to the judicial centres of Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Wetaskiwin, Peace River, St. Paul, Medicine Hat, and Drumheller to members of the Law Society of Alberta, the service is now available in every judicial centre in Alberta.

Effective May 15, 2023, use of the Family and Divorce filing system will be mandatory for counsel filing any Statement of Claim for Divorce in all judicial centres in Alberta. A grace period of two weeks shall be observed, until June 1, 2023, after which use of Family and Divorce Filing Digital Service for filing these materials will be strictly enforced. 

Please note that Family and Divorce Filing Digital Service cannot accommodate filings for which payment is waived or from entities that do not currently pay a fee (i.e. fee waiver or Legal Aid Certificate, filings by Alberta Justice), and therefore these filings will continue to be accepted by Email Filing. 

For a list of all accepted document types, please visit 
https://qb-filing-family.alberta.ca/ 

To learn more about the King's Bench Family and Divorce Filing Digital Service, please visit 
https://qb-filing-family.alberta.ca/ 

Stay tuned for further expansion of digital service to Family Law - a pilot release in Edmonton/Calgary is expected prior to the summer of 2023.