Difference between revisions of "Enforcing Family Law Agreements"

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===Enforcement under the ''Family Law Act''===
===Enforcement under the ''Family Law Act''===


The ''[[Family Law Act]]'' allows certain family law agreements to be filed in court and enforced under the act:
The ''[[Family Law Act]]'' allows certain family law agreements about certain subjects to be filed in court and enforced under the act:


*agreements on ''parental responsibilities and parenting time'' can be filed under s. 44(3),
*agreements on ''parental responsibilities and parenting time'' can be filed under s. 44(3),
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*agreements for ''spousal support'' can be filed under s. 163(3).
*agreements for ''spousal support'' can be filed under s. 163(3).


Once filed in court, these agreements can be enforced under the ''Family Law Act'' '''in the same way as orders''' made under that 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 way 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.  
The act has different ways of enforcing orders that change depending on the subject of the order (or agreement). Where the act provides a way 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.  

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