What are the governing principles for a two-step analysis for section 6 of the Divorce Act?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sauer v Vilandré, 2019 NSSC 166 (CanLII):

Given my finding that subsection 6(1) of the Divorce Act is not invoked, there is no need to discuss the governing principles for the two-step analysis for section 6 laid out in Shields v. Shields, 2001 ABCA 140.

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