Difference between revisions of "My Ex Is Not Paying Child Support"

# If you want to apply for maintenance in Family Court, complete an '''Application to Obtain an Order'''. (You can get an Application to Obtain an Order from any Provincial Court registry.) Family Court forms and self-help information are also available online at the [[Family Law in BC]] website at [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/ www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca]. Click on "Self-help guides", scroll down to "Family orders" and click on the appropriate link. If you do not feel it is safe to wait for an order, you may ask that the order be "without notice", meaning that the court will make its order without your ex-partner having a chance to be heard or being notified in advance. Without notice orders are always interim (short-term) and your ex-partner will eventually have a chance to speak to the judge before a final order is made.

Once you have filed an '''Application to Obtain an Order''' asking for child support, the other parent will be required to file a '''Reply''' and a '''Financial Statement''' (or a '''Statement of Finances''' for FMEP