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Support Enforcement
The Department of Justice Canada has legislation in place to support provincial
and territorial governments in maintenance enforcement matters. The
Department cannot help individuals directly. Parents with
questions about a support order should contact the
maintenance enforcement program in the province or territory in which
they live.
Support enforcement in Canada
Overview
of the Canadian system of support enforcement
Explains the different situations where federal or provincial/territorial
legislation applies.
Provincial and territorial enforcement
programs
Provincial and territorial maintenance enforcement programs help ensure
that support payments flow from payors (people who make support payments) to
recipients (people who receive them). Parents with questions about a support
order should contact the maintenance enforcement
program in the province
or territory in which they live.
Family Orders and Agreements
Enforcement Assistance
The Family
Law Assistance Services Section (FLAS) of
the Department of Justice Canada assists provincial and territorial
governments with the enforcement of support orders. The
FLAS administers three programs including the Family Orders and Agreements
Enforcement Assistance Unit, that:
- traces individuals in default of a family provision;
- intercepts federal payments that would otherwise go to individuals who
are in default of their family support obligations;
- orders the suspension or denial of federal licences and passports; and
- operates an Automated Information System, linked to a 1-800 number.
Glossary of Canadian reciprocal and support
enforcement terms
This glossary provides an extended definition of some of the most commonly used
words and phrases found in Canadian support enforcement and reciprocal support
laws.
Interjurisdictional and international support enforcement
Interjurisdictional support
orders (ISO) legislation and reciprocity arrangements
All Canadian provinces and territories have established reciprocal support enforcement
arrangements with one another. These arrangements allow for the enforcement
of support orders made in other Canadian jurisdictions. In addition, many reciprocal
agreements exist between provincial and territorial governments and other countries
throughout the world. Canadian jurisdictions and the states with which they
have reciprocal agreements are presented in chart format.
Provincial and territorial information
on interjurisdictional and international support order enforcement (ISO)
Links to provincial and territorial interjurisdictional support order enforcement
laws, forms and contacts. Consult these links for information on enforcing a
support order outside your province or territory.
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