Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
(FAMILY DIVISION)
Citation: Pelley v. Peters, 2014 NSSC 277
Date:20140713
Docket: 1206-4207
Registry: Sydney
Between:
Darrell Pelley
Applicant
v.
Deborah Peters
Respondent
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Judge: The Honourable Justice M. Clare MacLellan
Heard: June 18, June 20, and December 6, 2013, in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Submissions Closed: January 5, 2014
Oral Decision: March 28, 2014
Written Decision on Costs: July 13, 2014
Subject: Family Law
Summary: Oral decision outlined as basis for costs ordered against Respondent who was a Legal Aid client.
Issues: Costs; Appropriate costs in a matter where one party is represented by Legal Aid.
Result: Court found the Respondent was untruthful. Her behaviour protracted the divorce hearing. Some hardship expected where the Respondent is ordered to pay $20,000.00. Hardship is of the Respondent’s own making and is manageable given assets received in the division of assets and her earning abilities.
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