Ministry of Justice

Maintenance Enforcement and Locate Services (MELS)

Maintenance Enforcement and Locate Services (MELS) facilitates the successful payment of child and spousal support orders in the Province.

MELS manages:

The Family Maintenance Enforcement Program (FMEP), which monitors and enforces all maintenance orders and agreements that are filed with it.
The Family Search Program, which conducts searches, where necessary, to find a specific person's location, assets, employment and sources of income in order to obtain, change or enforce custody, access, guardianship or maintenance orders or agreements.
The Reciprocals Program, which ensures the smooth flow of maintenance orders between the B.C. courts, the FMEP and reciprocating jurisdictions.