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If each spouse has started a court proceeding under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', the court in which the first court proceeding was started can continue to deal with that proceeding, and the court proceeding that was started second is considered to be dropped. This can be very important where spouses live in different provinces. | If each spouse has started a court proceeding under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', the court in which the first court proceeding was started can continue to deal with that proceeding, and the court proceeding that was started second is considered to be dropped. This can be very important where spouses live in different provinces. | ||
If the two court proceedings were started same day, however, both proceedings will be transferred to the [ | If the two court proceedings were started same day, however, both proceedings will be transferred to the [https://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/home Federal Court], and it's that court which will hear and decide the spouses' claims. The Federal Court is a trial court, like the Supreme Court of British Columbia, but is common to all of Canada. | ||
===What about claims under the ''Family Law Act''?=== | ===What about claims under the ''Family Law Act''?=== | ||
