Difference between revisions of "Enforcing Family Law Agreements"
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Once filed in court, these agreements can be enforced under the ''Family Law Act'' in the same way as orders are enforced under the act. | Once filed in court, these agreements can be enforced under the ''Family Law Act'' in the same way as orders are enforced under the act. | ||
The act has different ways of enforcing orders that change depending on the subject of the order (or agreement). Where the act provides a | The act has different ways of enforcing orders, that change depending on the subject of the order (or agreement). Where the act provides a particular way of enforcing an order, the order can be enforced under that ''specific'' enforcement power and by the act's ''extraordinary'' enforcement power. Where the act does not provide a particular way of enforcing an order, the order can be enforced under the act's ''general'' enforcement power and by its ''extraordinary'' enforcement power. | ||
====General enforcement power==== | ====General enforcement power==== | ||
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*to post security, usually by paying a sum of money into court, | *to post security, usually by paying a sum of money into court, | ||
*to pay the expenses | *to pay the expenses the other party incurred from the person's breach, | ||
*to pay up to $5,000 to the other party or a child or spouse who was affected by the person's breach, or | *to pay up to $5,000 to the other party or a child or spouse who was affected by the person's breach, or | ||
*to pay up to $5,000 as a fine. | *to pay up to $5,000 as a fine. | ||