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Can one spouse force the sale of a Confederation Park home?

Not without going to court. The Homesteads Act, 1989 requires both spouses to consent before a matrimonial home, including one in Confederation Park, is listed or sold, so one partner cannot simply sign a listing agreement alone. Where the other refuses and a sale is genuinely necessary, the Court of King's Bench can order it under The Family Property Act.

That court process exists precisely for deadlock like this: one spouse wants to sell and needs the proceeds, the other will not agree, and neither the Homesteads protection nor a refusal is meant to trap someone indefinitely. A judge weighs both sides before ordering a sale, not just the applicant's preference.

Getting there usually means retaining a lawyer, since this runs through the Court of King's Bench rather than a simple listing conversation, and legal fees of $800 to $1,500 for a straightforward sale are a different budget line than the cost of contested litigation.

Before it gets that far, an independent, hand-reviewed number both spouses can look at often removes the disagreement that started the standoff in the first place. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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