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Family Court in Halifax, NS
Halifax Justice Centre
Address
3380 Devonshire Avenue, Halifax, NS B3K 5L7
Phone
902-424-3690
Hours
Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Parking / transit
Paid lot on-site; metered street parking nearby; Halifax Transit accessible
Courts that sit here
- Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Family Division)
Filing your documents
Filing methods at this courthouse:
- In-person at the counter
- By mail
Local practice notes
The Halifax Justice Centre handles the largest family-court volume in Nova Scotia, covering all of Halifax Regional Municipality. Supreme Court (Family Division) judges hear divorce, parenting, support, and property matters. The Family Law Information Program (FLIP) is required for most contested parenting cases before they proceed to a contested hearing. Self-rep volume is high; judges are accustomed to walking parties through procedure.
Duty counsel
Nova Scotia Legal Aid duty counsel for low-income parents — book in advance via the Halifax intake office.
Self-rep resources at Halifax
- Family Law Information Program (FLIP) — mandatory orientation for self-rep parents
- Nova Scotia Legal Aid — Halifax intake
- Family Law Nova Scotia (legalinfo.org) — self-help resources
- Halifax Mediation services — free for parenting matters
✓ Family Law Information Centre (FLIC) on-site — free procedural help for self-represented parties. They can walk you through forms and the family-court process. They cannot give legal advice.