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If each spouse starts a divorce proceeding, the court in which a proceeding was started first can continue to deal with that proceeding and the proceeding that was started last is considered to be dropped. This can be very important where spouses live in different provinces. | If each spouse starts a divorce proceeding, the court in which a proceeding was started first can continue to deal with that proceeding and the proceeding that was started last is considered to be dropped. This can be very important where spouses live in different provinces. | ||
If the spouses somehow manage to start separate divorce proceedings on the same day, the proceedings are to be transferred to the Federal Court. The Federal Court is a trial court like the Supreme Court of British Columbia but is common to all of Canada. | If the spouses somehow manage to start separate divorce proceedings on the same day, the proceedings are to be transferred to the [http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fc_cf_en/Index Federal Court]. The Federal Court is a trial court like the Supreme Court of British Columbia but is common to all of Canada. | ||
===What about claims under the ''Family Law Act''?=== | ===What about claims under the ''Family Law Act''?=== | ||