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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) ― not that you'd know this from the government website.  
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]. 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) ― not that you'd know this from the government website.  


FMEP is a free service for recipients that is largely funded by late fees and penalties charged to delinquent payors.
FMEP is a free service for recipients that is largely funded by late fees and penalties charged to delinquent payors.