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Difference between revisions of "Enforcing Orders in Family Matters"

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Recipients can take steps to enforce orders and family agreements without FMEP's involvement. Such actions can include:
Recipients can take steps to enforce orders and family agreements without FMEP's involvement. Such actions can include:


*forcing the production of financial statements from the payor,
*forcing the payor to produce financial statements, income tax returns and other financial information,
*obtaining an order compelling the disclosure of the payor's employer, assets and sources of income,
*getting an order to compel the disclosure of the payor's employer, assets and sources of income,
*applying for an order garnishing the payor's wages or bank accounts, and
*getting an order to garnish the payor's wages or bank accounts, and
*summoning the payor to a special hearing for an order for the payment of the arrears and the terms on which the arrears will be paid.
*summoning the payor to a special hearing for an order for the payment of the arrears and the terms on which the arrears will be paid.


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Other ways of obtaining financial information and compelling payment are available under the [http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr Supreme Court Family Rules] and under the provincial ''Court Order Enforcement Act''. These remedies include the garnishment of wages, forcing the sale of property to satisfy the arrears, and commencing proceedings against the payor for contempt of court, among other things.  
Other ways of obtaining financial information and compelling payment are available under the [http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr Supreme Court Family Rules] and under the provincial ''Court Order Enforcement Act''. These remedies include the garnishment of wages, forcing the sale of property to satisfy the arrears, and commencing proceedings against the payor for contempt of court, among other things.  


These are the important parts of the Supreme Court Family Rules:
These are the important parts of the Supreme Court Family Rules dealing the collection of arrears:


*Rule 15-4: Writ of Execution
*Rule 15-4: Writ of Execution