Difference between revisions of "Dividing Property and Debt in Family Law Matters"
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However, where another court might be able to make orders about the same people and the same property, the court here must decide: | However, where another court might be able to make orders about the same people and the same property, the court here must decide: | ||
*if it should make orders dividing property and debt or leave those issues for the other court, and | |||
*if it should make orders, the law it should apply in dividing the property and debt. | |||
====Determining whether the court should make orders==== | ====Determining whether the court should make orders==== | ||
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In other words, the court here can make an order if: | In other words, the court here can make an order if: | ||
*the claim about property was made by a counterclaim in the BC Supreme Court proceeding, | |||
*both spouses agree that the court should make orders about property and debt, | |||
*either spouse normally lived here when the proceeding started, or | |||
*there is a "real and substantial connection" between this province and the proceeding. | |||
Section 106(3) helps to explain what "real and substantial connection" means: | Section 106(3) helps to explain what "real and substantial connection" means: | ||