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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

(Family Division)

Citation: Tarlton v. Jackson, 2014 NSSC 231

 

Date: 20140502

Docket: 1201-55735

Registry: Halifax

 

 

Between:

 

Jonathan Derek Noel Tarlton

Applicant

and

 

Gail Jill Jackson

Respondent

 

LIBRARY HEADING

Judge:                                 The Honourable Associate Chief Justice Lawrence I. ONeil

 

Hearing:                           May 2, 2014 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Issues:                     Whether an Applicant seeking to terminate child support must file financial statements (Rule 59.21 and Rule 59.22)?

 

Summary:                                                      The Court held that an application to terminate child support is not a claim for support triggering the filing requirement of Rule 59.22.

 

Keywords:                                                    Filing requirements; claim for child support

 

Legislation:                                                 Rule 59.21 and Rule 59.22

 

Cases Considered:  Garner v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2014 NSSC 63

Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7

Coady v. Burton Canada Inc., 2013 NSCA 95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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