Sherwood Park & Strathcona County
Sherwood Park Lawyers for Full-Service Legal Help
- Sherwood Park
- Ardrossan
- Beaumont
- Fort Saskatchewan
Expert Legal Services for Sherwood Park and Strathcona County
Bhardwaj+Co serves Strathcona County from our Edmonton office, a fifteen-minute drive from Broadmoor. Our Edmonton family lawyers handle files from Sherwood Park, Ardrossan, Beaumont, and Fort Saskatchewan. All our lawyers belong to the Law Society of Alberta.
15 Minutes
From Broadmoor to our Edmonton office
Founder
Meet Your Sherwood Park Family Lawyer
Puneet Bhardwaj founded Bhardwaj+Co to make legal services in Sherwood Park and across the Edmonton region readable to the people paying for them. He practises family law with a preference for negotiated outcomes and a file that is ready for court if negotiation fails.
Book Your Sherwood Park Case Review
You meet the lawyer handling your matter, not an intake coordinator.
Timing
When to Contact a Family Lawyer in Sherwood Park
Call a family law lawyer when any of these apply:
- You have separated, or one of you has raised it
- You have been served with a court application or a draft agreement
- Support has stopped, or the amount no longer matches the income behind it
- A parenting schedule is being ignored
- You are about to sign a prenuptial agreement or cohabitation agreement
First Meeting
Bring what you have to that first meeting:
- Any court documents or a draft agreement you have been served with
- Recent pay stubs and tax returns for both households
- A rough list of assets, debts, and pensions
- The parenting schedule you are actually running
Our V.I.P. Service is one hour with a lawyer, a full review of your situation, and a written memo afterwards. You keep the memo whether or not you retain us.
Divorce & Separation
Divorce and Separation in Sherwood Park
Married couples divorce under the federal Divorce Act, which recognises one year of separation, adultery, or cruelty. Nearly every file uses the one-year ground. Common-law couples separate under Alberta's Family Law Act as adult interdependent partners instead, and the property rules are not the same.
Our Sherwood Park divorce lawyers file the application, serve it properly, and deal with the parts that shape your year: parenting and support.
Your Options
Contested, Uncontested and Mediated Divorce
An uncontested divorce is available when you already agree on everything. We charge a flat fee for it, so the cost is known before we start.
A contested divorce means litigation in the Court of King's Bench, because each disputed issue needs evidence. Before that, mediation and collaborative law both resolve most files faster and cheaper. Our divorce mediation work prepares you for the session and converts agreement into an order.
On Paper
Separation Agreements and Domestic Contracts
A separation agreement records parenting, support, and property in one enforceable document. A separation agreement lawyer on our team drafts them, reviews the other side's draft, and provides independent legal advice when you have been handed one to sign.
Children
Children, Parenting and Support
Parenting Time and Decision-Making Responsibility
A workable parenting plan answers ordinary questions: school pickup, summer, Christmas, who books the dentist. Our child custody lawyers build parenting arrangements around the schedule your household actually runs on, then put it in language a court will enforce.
Child Support and Spousal Support in Alberta
Child support follows the Federal Child Support Guidelines: the paying parent's income and the number of children. A child support lawyer spends most of the effort on disclosure, because self-employment income and bonuses are where these files stall.
A spousal support lawyer argues against the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, which produce a range rather than a figure. Length of relationship, both incomes, and who stepped back from work all move it. Our family law team runs both claims and defences through our spousal support practice.
Property
Property Division for Sherwood Park Families
Property division under the Family Law Act presumes an equal split of what the relationship built. Exemptions apply to gifts, inheritances, and property you brought in, and those exemptions are argued, not assumed.
Our property division work covers matrimonial property, pensions, investments, and a family business where one exists. Negotiation resolves most of it. A court application handles the rest.
Talk to a Sherwood Park Family Lawyer
Call (780) 222-2386 and speak with a lawyer. We serve Sherwood Park from Edmonton, and consultations are by phone or video if that is easier.
Beyond Family Law
Other Legal Matters We Handle in Sherwood Park
Wills, Estates, Injury and Business Law
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Bhardwaj+Co covers wills and estates: estate planning, a power of attorney, personal directives, and probate. Our wills and estates lawyers offer flat-fee wills.
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We handle personal injury claims on contingency, so there is no fee until the claim resolves, through our personal injury lawyers.
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Our business and corporate lawyers cover incorporation, shareholder agreements, and business law for Strathcona County owners.
The Sherwood Park lawyers handling your matter sit beside our family lawyers. Same floor, same file notes.
Sherwood Park Lawyers: Common Questions
Family files are billed hourly, with a retainer up front that we draw against and account for. Uncontested divorces and wills carry a published flat fee. We quote the structure in the first meeting, before you commit.
Our guide to family lawyer costs explains what drives the number.
It depends on the issue. The Alberta Court of Justice handles many parenting and support applications, while divorce, larger property claims, and family court matters involving the matrimonial home go to the Court of King's Bench in Edmonton. We confirm the forum before filing.
Only when a hearing requires it, and we attend most of those for you. Meetings run by phone or video. Our office is a short drive away if you would rather come in.
Ask who runs your file, how you are billed, and what the legal process looks like from here. A collaborative family lawyer suits a cooperative separation. A litigator suits a file already heading to court. Our family law lawyers will say plainly which you need.
Get in Touch With Our Sherwood Park Family Lawyers
Let's talk solutions. Call (780) 222-2386 or email hello@bhardwajco.ca to book a confidential consultation.