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Family Law Tips and Resources
Retired Justice Doug Campbell presided in the Supreme Court (Family Division) for more than 15 years. Before that, he worked as a senior family law practitioner in the Halifax region. During his time on the Bench, Justice Campbell developed many useful resources to assist counsel, individuals and families going through the family law court system, including the following spreadsheets:
CALCULATING RETROACTIVE CHILD SUPPORT
DIVISION OF MATRIMONIAL ASSETS AND DEBTS
Please note that these spreadsheets may require some adjustment to conform to the preferences or practices of individual Judges. Use at your own discretion and subject to your own judgment.
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The Provincial Prothonotary regularly publishes hints, tips and other important information for lawyers, legal professionals and members of the public who may be representing themselves in court. Those notices dating back to 2016 are available below. Notices prior to 2016 have been archived and are available, by request, through the Prothonotary. Any questions regarding these notices should be directed to Caroline McInnes at Caroline.McInnes@courts.ns.ca.
HINTS & TIPS 123 - Jan. 16, 2023
HINTS & TIPS 122 - May 11, 2022
HINTS & TIPS 121 - June 23, 2021
HINTS & TIPS 120 - Jan. 22, 2021
HINTS & TIPS 119 - Feb. 28, 2020
HINTS & TIPS 118 - Dec. 16, 2019
HINTS & TIPS 117 - July 4, 2019
HINTS & TIPS 116 - Feb. 20, 2019
HINTS & TIPS 115 - Dec. 6, 2018
HINTS & TIPS 114 - April 18, 2018
HINTS & TIPS 113 - Sept. 26, 2017
HINTS & TIPS 112 - May 26, 2017
HINTS & TIPS 111 - Nov. 18, 2016
HINTS & TIPS 110 - July 15, 2016
HINTS & TIPS 109 - May 20, 2016
HINTS & TIPS 108 - March 14, 2016