Baptiste, Re; Director of Maintenance and Recovery v. Potts and Alberta (Attorney General), (1979) 20 A.R. 196 (QB)

JudgeBracco, J.
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
Case DateAugust 03, 1979
Citations(1979), 20 A.R. 196 (QB)

Baptiste, Re (1979), 20 A.R. 196 (QB)

MLB headnote and full text

Re Baptiste; Director of Maintenance and Recovery v. Potts and Attorney General of Alberta (Intervenant)

Indexed As: Baptiste, Re; Director of Maintenance and Recovery v. Potts and Alberta (Attorney General)

Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial District of Wetaskiwin

Bracco, J.

August 3, 1979.

Summary:

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Indians, Inuit and Métis - Topic 6266

Government of Indians - What laws govern - Provincial laws of general application - The Alberta Director of Maintenance and Recovery brought an application against an Indian man respecting his failure to make maintenance payments on behalf of an Indian mother and her children under the Maintenance and Recovery Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 223 - The man opposed the application on the ground that the Act was inapplicable to Indians - The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench allowed the application and held that the Maintenance and Recovery Act was applicable to Indians in Alberta, because it was a law of general application in the province and was not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. I-6.

Cases Noticed:

Natural Parents v. Supt. of Child Welfare (1975), 6 N.R. 491; [1976] 1 W.W.R. 699, appld. [para. 9].

Statutes Noticed:

Indian Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. I-6, sect. 68, sect. 88 [para. 2].

Maintenance and Recovery Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 223, sect. 10, sect. 21, sect. 26 [para. 3].

Counsel:

G.G. Watson, for Director of Maintenance and Recovery;

R.F. Roddick, for Melvin George Potts;

C.J. Cummings, for Attorney General of Alberta;

J.G. Whitehall, for Attorney General of Canada.

This case was heard before BRACCO, J., of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial District of Wetaskiwin, who delivered the following judgment on August 3, 1979:

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  • Bellegarde v. Walker, (1987) 57 Sask.R. 197 (QB)
    • Canada
    • Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • February 25, 1987
    ...D.L.R.(3d) 434 (S.C.C.), appld. [para. 8]. Baptiste, Re; Director of Maintenance and Recovery v. Potts and Attorney General of Alberta (1980), 20 A.R. 196; 102 D.L.R.(3d) 553 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. Mintuck v. Valley River Band No. 63A et al. (1978), 83 D.L.R.(3d) 324 (Man. Q.B.), refd to. ......
  • P. (K.L.), Re, (1984) 55 A.R. 111 (ProvCt)
    • Canada
    • Provincial Court of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 30, 1984
    ...D.L.R.(3d) 767 (Sask. Q.B.), ref'd to. [para. 24]. T.M.E. v. A.D.E. (1981), 26 A.R. 243 (Q.B.), ref'd to. [para. 25]. D.C.W. v. Potts (1979), 20 A.R. 196; 102 D.L.R.(3d) 553 (A.Q.B.), ref'd to [para. Statutes Noticed: Child Welfare Act, R.S.A. 1980, c. C8, sect. 19 [para. 6]. Maintenance Or......
  • Abacus Estate, Re, (1984) 55 A.R. 104 (QB)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 30, 1984
    ...Counsel for the Director further submits that liability of the mother is found in s. 68(3) of the Indian Act and cites D.C.W. v. Potts (1979), 20 A.R. 196; 102 D.L.R.(3d) 553 (A.Q.B.). In view of the conclusion reached on the broad issue of liability of all mothers of children born outside ......
3 cases
  • Bellegarde v. Walker, (1987) 57 Sask.R. 197 (QB)
    • Canada
    • Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • February 25, 1987
    ...D.L.R.(3d) 434 (S.C.C.), appld. [para. 8]. Baptiste, Re; Director of Maintenance and Recovery v. Potts and Attorney General of Alberta (1980), 20 A.R. 196; 102 D.L.R.(3d) 553 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. Mintuck v. Valley River Band No. 63A et al. (1978), 83 D.L.R.(3d) 324 (Man. Q.B.), refd to. ......
  • P. (K.L.), Re, (1984) 55 A.R. 111 (ProvCt)
    • Canada
    • Provincial Court of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 30, 1984
    ...D.L.R.(3d) 767 (Sask. Q.B.), ref'd to. [para. 24]. T.M.E. v. A.D.E. (1981), 26 A.R. 243 (Q.B.), ref'd to. [para. 25]. D.C.W. v. Potts (1979), 20 A.R. 196; 102 D.L.R.(3d) 553 (A.Q.B.), ref'd to [para. Statutes Noticed: Child Welfare Act, R.S.A. 1980, c. C8, sect. 19 [para. 6]. Maintenance Or......
  • Abacus Estate, Re, (1984) 55 A.R. 104 (QB)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 30, 1984
    ...Counsel for the Director further submits that liability of the mother is found in s. 68(3) of the Indian Act and cites D.C.W. v. Potts (1979), 20 A.R. 196; 102 D.L.R.(3d) 553 (A.Q.B.). In view of the conclusion reached on the broad issue of liability of all mothers of children born outside ......

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