The parties separated after a short marriage and proceeded to trial to determine the valuation of their net family property.
The court resolved several disputes regarding the valuation of real estate, including a lakefront property and vacant land, heavily weighing expert appraisal evidence and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the real estate market.
The court also determined that a property owned by the applicant qualified as a matrimonial home, classified various financial transfers as gifts rather than loans, and held that the respondent's contingent survivor pension benefit must be included in his net family property calculation.
The respondent was granted leave to obtain an uncontested divorce order prior to the final equalization calculation.
