SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
(FAMILY DIVISION)
Citation: MacNeil Estate v. Woodman, 2011 NSSC 288
Date: 20110712
Docket: SFSNOTH73217
Registry: Sydney, NS
Between:
The Estate of Kevin Anthony MacNeil
Applicant
v.
Milissa Woodman
Respondent
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Darryl W. Wilson
Heard: July 6, 2011, Sydney, Nova Scotia
Subject: Family Law - Consent Order and settlement - Interpretation
Summary: Consent Order provided for one party to purchase the other party’s interest in jointly owned property. Provision in Order provided for calculation of equalization payment. Life insurance paid out mortgage balance on death of one of the parties.
Issue: Interpretation of the words “mortgage balance” as found in the equalization payment provision of the Consent Order.
Result: Mortgage balance determined to be nil for purposes of calculating equalization payment.
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