Supreme Court

Decision Information

Delgado v. Kelly

Court Supreme Court
Date 2013-06-13
Citation 2013 NSSC 182
Docket 1207-002368
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator O'Neil, Lawrence I. (Honourable Associate Chief Justice, Family Division)
Document Type Library Sheet
Relations Decision - Delgado v. Kelly - 2013 NSSC 182 - 2013-06-13 - Decision

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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

(Family Division)

Citation: Delgado v. Kelly, 2013 NSSC 182

 

Date: 20130613

Docket: 1207-002368

Registry: Halifax

 

Between:

 

Veronica Louise Delgado

Applicant

and

 

John William Kelly

Respondent

LIBRARY HEADING

Judge:                               The Honourable Associate Chief Justice Lawrence I. O’Neil

 

Hearing:                                                      May 6th, 2013

 

Issues:                    Whether the Court has jurisdiction to consider the application for contempt.

 

Summary:                                                   The Court found that it did not have jurisdiction given that the application was for the payment of money.  The Court identified an alternative to the contempt proceeding as a means of seeking a remedy for a failure to pay money.

 

Keywords:                                                 Contempt; jurisdiction

 

Legislation:                            R. 89.01

 

 

Cases Considered:                  MacLellan v. Giovannetti, 2012 NSSC 212

Johnson v. Johnson, 2013 NSSC 181

Godin v. Godin, 2012 NSCA 54

McMillan v. McMillan, 2012 NBQB 195

Crewe v. Crewe [2008] N.S.J. 568

 

 

 

 

 

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