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Difference between revisions of "Child Support Arrears"

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===The Family Maintenance Enforcement Program===
===The Family Maintenance Enforcement Program===


Although recipients can enforce orders and agreements for child support on their own, most of the time recipients will give that job to the [http://www.fmep.gov.bc.ca/ Family Maintenance Enforcement Program] (FMEP). This a provincial government program under the provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/840m Family Maintenance Enforcement Act]'' which has been contracted out to an American company, Maximus (Themis).  
Although recipients can enforce orders and agreements for child support on their own, most of the time recipients will give that job to the [http://www.fmep.gov.bc.ca/ Family Maintenance Enforcement Program] (FMEP). This is a provincial government program under the provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/840m Family Maintenance Enforcement Act]'' which has been contracted out to an American company, Maximus (Themis).  


FMEP is a free service for recipients whose purpose is to enforce child support and Section 7 expenses (special and extraordinary expenses).  Please note that enforcement of Section 7 expenses through FMEP is not straightforward.  You should contact FMEP to ask what they can or cannot do with respect to Section 7 expenses.   
FMEP is a free service for recipients whose purpose is to enforce child support and Section 7 expenses (special and extraordinary expenses).  Please note that enforcement of Section 7 expenses through FMEP is not straightforward.  You should contact FMEP to ask what they can or cannot do with respect to Section 7 expenses.