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==Enforcing other types of orders== | ==Enforcing other types of orders== | ||
The Family Law Act can also be used to enforce other types of orders, such as: | The ''[[Family Law Act]]'' can also be used to enforce other types of orders, such as: | ||
* orders respecting disclosure of information | * orders respecting disclosure of information (s. 213), | ||
* orders respecting the conduct of a party (s. 228), and | |||
* any other general order that the court can make (s. 230) | |||
Under those sections of the ''Family Law Act'', the court may require a payor to: | |||
#post security, | |||
#pay the recipient's expenses incurred as a result of the payor's breach, or | |||
#pay up to $5,000 to the recipient as a fine. | |||
Under section 231 of the ''Family Law Act'', the court may jail a payor in breach of an order if no other order will secure the payor's compliance. Going to jail will not cancel or in any way negate the obligation under the order. | |||
==Contempt of court== | ==Contempt of court== | ||
