Nova Scotia
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Lauren M. Randall · CEO & Managing Partner · Family · Halifax
99 Wyse Road, Suite 600, Dartmouth, NS B3A 4S5
Managing partner whose practice focuses on residential real estate, and wills and estate planning, with a particular interest in condominium law. The firm's office is in Dartmouth, in Halifax Regional Municipality, and it also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, and accident and personal injury claims.
Divorce and separation, parenting, child and spousal support, and dividing property. Divorce follows the federal Divorce Act; property division comes from Nova Scotia's Matrimonial Property Act, which applies to married couples and registered domestic partners but not to other common-law couples.
Divorce is federal law, so the rule is the same across Canada: the only ground is marriage breakdown, usually shown by living apart for one year or more. You or your spouse must have lived in Nova Scotia for a full year before applying.
Under the Matrimonial Property Act, the basic rule is that spouses are entitled to an equal division of matrimonial assets when they separate or divorce. Time limits may apply, so get advice early.
No. The Matrimonial Property Act only applies to married couples and couples who have registered a domestic partnership with the government. It does not apply to other common-law couples, who have to rely on other legal claims to share property.
For Halifax, family cases — including divorce and property division — go to the Supreme Court (Family Division) at 3380 Devonshire Avenue.
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