Your figures, run under Nova Scotia's own rules — the division the statute actually sets out, not a generic 50/50. Rough figures are fine; the answer appears as you type and nothing is sent anywhere.
Once you know the figure, the real work is keeping track of it: every value you entered above will arrive again by letter — revised, argued, and revised again over months.
Upload each one as it arrives — theirs and yours.
Every value, date and claimed exclusion, with the exact sentence it came from.
Their $380,000 house becomes $420,000? You’ll know which letter did it, and when.
Matrimonial Property Act, RSNS 1989, c 275, read at the province’s own official source. This section is generated from the same verified rules the arithmetic runs on.
| The model | The divisible property itself is divided, presumptively equally, with exemptions coming off the top to their owner. |
|---|---|
| Who it covers | MPA s.2(g) and s.12(1): either spouse is entitled to apply to have the matrimonial assets divided in equal shares. |
| What it’s valued at | not fixed by the Act, which names no valuation date — the figures you enter set the date this calculation reflects. |
| Something owned before the relationship | It is in. Nova Scotia counts property acquired before the marriage as a matrimonial asset (s.4(1)), so bringing something into the marriage excludes nothing by itself — the date and manner of acquisition is one of the factors a court may weigh in deciding whether an equal division would be unfair or unconscionable (s.13(e)). |
| What a court can change | The equal division stands unless it would be unfair or unconscionable, judged against the thirteen factors in s.13 — among them the date and manner of acquisition, whether the assets substantially appreciated during the marriage, and each spouse's debts. Business assets are outside the division altogether (s.4(1)(e)); a spouse who contributed to one claims compensation under s.18 instead, and this form has no box for that. (MPA s.13, s.4(1)(e) and s.18) |
Nova Scotia's Matrimonial Property Act covers married spouses and registered domestic partners. Living together, for any length of time and with or without children, does not bring a couple under it.
It is in. Nova Scotia counts property acquired before the marriage as a matrimonial asset (s.4(1)), so bringing something into the marriage excludes nothing by itself — the date and manner of acquisition is one of the factors a court may weigh in deciding whether an equal division would be unfair or unconscionable (s.13(e)).
It is the division the statute starts from. The equal division stands unless it would be unfair or unconscionable, judged against the thirteen factors in s.13 — among them the date and manner of acquisition, whether the assets substantially appreciated during the marriage, and each spouse's debts. Business assets are outside the division altogether (s.4(1)(e)); a spouse who contributed to one claims compensation under s.18 instead, and this form has no box for that.