Divorce Information

Is a Do-it-Yourself Uncontested Divorce for you?

LISNS has put together the following information to help you decide whether a Do-it-Yourself Uncontested Divorce is for you:

1. The Information page provides an overview and explanation of what has to be done to get an uncontested divorce.
2. The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) have been developed based on common questions about divorce. 
3. Legal Words and Phrases provides definitions of terms used in court forms and background materials.
4. Other resources is a list of government and non-governmental organizations that may be able to assist the applicant with information beyond what is provided here.

The paper copy of LISNS' Do-it-Yourself Uncontested Divorce Kit includes 2 detailed instruction books, hard copies of the forms you will need, and step-by-step instructions for filling them out.  The hard copy of LISNS Uncontested Divorce Kit can only be used in the Halifax Regional Municipality and Cape Breton. There is a small fee for the kit.  Click here to order.

Divorce forms

The forms required for a divorce in Nova Scotia are found in Nova Scotia's Civil Procedure Rules.  

Please note that the forms needed in the Halifax Regional and Cape Breton Municipalities are different from those needed outside of the HRM and Cape Breton. 

The Supreme Court-Family Division deals with divorces in the Halifax Regional and Cape Breton Municipalities.  You will find the forms on the Nova Scotia Courts' website (www.courts.ns.ca) - most are available in interactive format, so you can fill them out on your computer and then print them.  Click here for Supreme Court-Family Division interactive family law forms (scroll down to the bottom of the page) that you can fill out online.  While most of the forms you may need for a divorce are available in interactive format on the courts' website, the following forms are not:  Corollary Relief Judgment [no children]; Corollary Relief Judgment [table amount of child support only]; Corollary Relief Judgment [table amount plus special or extraordinary expenses],  so LISNS has prepared and made them available in interactive format below.

• Corollary Relief Judgment [no children];
• Corollary Relief Judgment [table amount only];
• Corollary Relief Judgment [table amount plus special or extraordinary expenses]
  

Click here for other, non-interactive Supreme Court-Family Division forms under Rule 70 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

The Supreme Court deals with divorces outside HRM and Cape Breton.  You will find the forms on the Nova Scotia Courts' website (www.courts.ns.ca) - some are available in interactive format.  Click here for Supreme Court interactive family law forms (scroll down to the bottom of the page) that you can fill out online.

The divorce information on these pages is legal information only, not legal advice.