Supreme Court

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Murnaghan v. Lutz

Court Supreme Court
Date 2014-01-09
Citation 2014 NSSC 3
Docket SFH-MCA-033000
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator Jollimore, Elizabeth (Honourable Justice)
Document Type Library Sheet

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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

(FAMILY DIVISION)

Citation: Murnaghan v. Lutz, 2014 NSSC 3

 

Date: 2014-01-09

Docket: SFH-MCA-033000

Registry: Halifax

Between:

 

Crystal Dawn Murnaghan

Applicant

v.

 

Lorne Bradley Lutz

Respondent

 

 

 

LIBRARY HEADING

 

 

Judge:                         The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Jollimore

 

Heard:                        January 2, 2014

 

Summary:                  Mother applied to vary child maintenance for eighteen year old daughter in university.  Father found not to have lawful excuse to not maintain daughter though daughter was not living at home.  Post-secondary expense sharing calculated.

 

Key words:                Family, child support - application to vary, lawful excuse

 

Legislation:                Maintenance and Custody Act, subsection 2(c), subsection 2(d), subsection 8(a), subsection 10(1), subsection 37(1)

                                    Child Maintenance Guidelines, NS Reg. 53/98, section 3, subsection 3(1), subsection 7(1), clause 7(1)(e), subsection 7(2), subsection 7(3), section 14, subsection 14(a)
Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, (Supp. 5), c. 1, section 118.5, subsection 118.5(2), subsection 118.5(2.1)

                                    Interpretation Bulletin, IT‑516R2, December 9, 1996

 

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