Difference between revisions of "The Legislation on Family Law"

The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/840m Family Maintenance Enforcement Act]'' establishes the [http://www.fmep.gov.bc.ca/ Family Maintenance Enforcement Program], an government agency with the authority to enforce support orders, and sets the extent of that authority. The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84h5 Court Order Enforcement Act]'' sets out the ways in which money awarded under a judgment can be collected, such as by liens against property, the garnishment of wages and so forth.

The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84l3 Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act]'' allows support orders made outside of British Columbia to be registered in this province for enforcement. It also lets someone affected by that order to start a process here that may result in the variation of that order in the court that originally made the order. The act does not apply to all support orders, only to the orders of the countries, provinces and states which have a reciprocal agreement with British Columbia.