Who Can Help?
Family Maintenance Enforcement Program
The Canadian courts have long recognized that the financial responsibilities of parents to their children - and of one spouse to another - do not end when the parents or spouses separate. The courts regularly make support orders - and couples regularly work out support agreements - that require parents to continue to provide for their children, and spouses to continue to provide for their former partners. Many do so willingly. Others, unfortunately, do not. In either case, the Family Maintenance Enforcement Program can help.
Please note:
"Support" and "maintenance" both mean the same thing: financial support for a former spouse and/or children that must be paid under a support order or agreement.
If you are already an FMEP client, you can find information about your case through the FMEP web site. To ensure your privacy, you will be asked to enter your FMEP Case Number and your Personal Identification Number. You will find these numbers at the top of your official Notice of Filing, sent to you when you were first enrolled with the FMEP. |
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