Enforcing Orders in Family Matters: Difference between revisions
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Under those sections of the ''Family Law Act'', the court may require a payor to: | 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. | 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. | ||