SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
(FAMILY DIVISION)
Citation: Austin v. Jewkes, 2012 NSSC 97
Date: 20120308
Docket: 1201-065392
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Colleen Anne Austin
Petitioner
v.
Bradley Robert Jewkes
Respondent
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Moira C. Legere Sers
Heard: January 31, 2012 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Final Written Barbara Darby for Colleen Austin on February 9, 2012
Submissions: Bradley Jewkes on February 16, 2012
Subject: Divorce / Division of matrimonial debts and assets.
Summary: Short term marriage. Classification of assets and debts. Respondent disposed of investments to pay down his debts in preference to petitioner’s debts. Spousal support sought.
Issue: Classification of the parties assets and debts.
Result: All assets and debts divided equally except for the respondent’s pension. His motorcycle excluded. Order for sale of home. Compensation for transitional costs and medical costs resulting when the respondent removed the petitioner prematurely from his medical plan. Spousal support denied.
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