Is a spouse's pension a matrimonial?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Matthews v. Matthews, 2004 NSSC 7 (CanLII):
There can be no doubt that a spouse’s pension is a matrimonial. Clarke v. Clarke (1990), 1990 CanLII 86 (SCC), 73 D.L.R. (4th) 1; (1991), 101 N.S.R. (2nd) 1.
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