Is contempt an available proceeding when a debt is alleged?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Delgado v. Kelly, 2013 NSSC 182 (CanLII):
In addition, special rules have long existed and governed whether contempt is an available proceeding when non payment of a debt is alleged. (McMillan v. McMillan, 2012 NBQB 195).
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