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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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