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Difference between revisions of "Dividing Property and Debt in Family Law Matters"

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====Determining whether the court should make orders====
====Determining whether the court should make orders====
You should skip the discussion here if no court other than the Supreme Court of British Columbia can make orders about you, your spouse, and your property.


''You should skip this discussion if no court other than the court of British Columbia can make orders about you, your spouse, and your property.''
When another court might be able to make orders about the same people and the same property, section 106(2) provides the rules to help the court here determine when it may make orders dividing that property between those people under Part 5:
 
When another court might be able to make orders about the same people and the same property, section 106(2) provides the rules to help the court here determine when it may make orders dividing that property between those people under Part 5:


<blockquote><tt>(2) Despite any other provision of this Part, the Supreme Court has authority to make an order under this Part only if one of the following conditions is met:</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>(2) Despite any other provision of this Part, the Supreme Court has authority to make an order under this Part only if one of the following conditions is met:</tt></blockquote>