SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
(FAMILY DIVISION)
Citation: White v. Stevens-White, 2013 NSSC 368
Date: 20131107
Docket: SFSND1206-6447
Registry: Sydney, N.S.
Between:
Raymond Arden White
Applicant
v.
Alicia Marie Stevens-White
Respondent
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Theresa M. Forgeron
Heard: October 17 and 18, 2013, in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Oral Decision: November 15, 2013
Written Decision: November 20, 2013
Subject: Family Law
Issues: - Striking of offending portions of affidavits
- Time restrictions imposed on cross examination
- Interim parenting
Result: - Court, on its own motion, globally struck all inadmissible material contained in lengthy affidavits filed.
- Time limits placed on cross examination to ensure completion of interim hearing in child’s best interests.
- Sole custody not appropriate where mother abused defacto sole custody since 2012 separation, and where father had not acted as primary care parent.
- Shared parenting schedule implemented, based upon father’s eight day work schedule. Father was an RN; Mother a self employed financial analyst with employment flexibility.
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