Nova Scotia Family Law Information Centre On-line
An initiative of the Court Services Division
of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice

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If you live outside the Halifax Regional Municipality or Cape Breton, you’ll be going to the Supreme Court or the Family Court, depending on your particular situation.

• If you live outside the Halifax Regional Municipality or Cape Breton and you are dealing with divorce or division of property, you will need Supreme Court forms <<click here >>

• If you live outside the Halifax Regional Municipality or Cape Breton and
  you are dealing with family-law matters other than divorce or division of property
  you will need Family Court forms <<click here>>

• If you live in Halifax Regional Municipality or Cape Breton, you will go to the Supreme Court (Family Division) for all family law matters. This includes if :
  • you are married
  • you are common law
  • you are registered domestic partners
  • you have never lived together and are unmarried
  • you are a grandparent, stepparent, or another third party who wants the court to make an order about custody, access, or child support

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